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The Conquest of Bread is a piece of political anarchist literature detailing what Kropotkin considers to be the defects of the economic systems of feudalism and capitalism. He describes why he believes they thrive on and maintain poverty and scarcity, and goes on to propose a more decentralized economic system based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation. Kropotkin asserts that the tendencies for this kind of organization already exist, both in evolution and in human society. The Conquest of Bread was heavily influential on both the Spanish Civil War and the Occupy movement. It first appeared as a series of articles in the anarchist journal Le Revolte, before being published as a book in Paris in 1892. The publication of the text was a turning point in anarchist history since it was the first time that a completed and in-depth theoretical work of anarcho-communist theory was available to the public. This cloth-bound book includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket, and is limited to 100 copies.

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Peter Kropotkin (9 December 1842 - 8 February 1921) was a Russian activist, writer, revolutionary, scientist, economist, sociologist, historian, essayist, researcher, political scientist, biologist, geographer, and philosopher who advocated for anarcho-communism. He was imprisoned for his activism in 1874 and managed to escape two years later. He spent the next 41 years in exile in Switzerland, France, and England. While in exile, Kropotkin gave lectures and published texts on anarchism and geography. He returned to Russia after the Russian Revolution in 1917 but was disappointed by the Bolshevik state. Kropotkin was a proponent of a decentralised communist society free from central government and based on voluntary associations of self-governing communities and worker-run enterprises. He wrote many books, pamphlets, and articles, the most prominent being The Conquest of Bread; Fields, Factories and Workshops; and Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution.

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