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The Conquest of Bread

Anarchist communist classic by Peter Kropotkin.

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It was written by Peter Kropotkin to systematically explain anarchist communism.[1] The Occupy movement was significantly shaped by this anarchist political text, which is regarded as a classic.[2]

Making and release

He was released from French prison in 1886 and moved to London that same year.[3] The Conquest of Bread was first published in French in 1892.[4] An English translation was published in 1906.[4][5] This text represented the initial occasion a comprehensive theoretical exposition of anarchist communism became accessible to the public.[6]

What the cited sources add

A 2020 article notes that anarchists often recommend The Conquest of Bread to newcomers, calling it "the bread book"[4] The Guardian in 2020 described BreadTube as an online ecosystem of leftwing YouTube content creators named after the book.[7] The book was never meant to be a straightforward introduction to anarchism, according to a 2020 analysis.[4] Modern readers can misunderstand the work if they lack background on 19th-century anarchist theory.[4]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "The Conquest of Bread" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Woodcock, "Peter Kropotkin : from prince to rebel", Black Rose Books, 1990 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "The Conquest of Bread" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rodgers Gibson, "The Anarchism of the Occupy Movement", Australian Journal of Political Science, Fall 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "The Conquest of Bread" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Woodcock, "Peter Kropotkin : from prince to rebel", Black Rose Books, 1990; Priestland, "The Conquest of Bread", 2015, p. Introduction (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. "Beyond the Bread Book", January 22, 2020. facts only, no text reused. anarchopac.com
  5. Wikipedia, "The Conquest of Bread" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kropotkin, "The Conquest of Bread"; Woodcock, "Peter Kropotkin : from prince to rebel", Black Rose Books, 1990 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "The Conquest of Bread" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Woodcock, "Peter Kropotkin : from prince to rebel", Black Rose Books, 1990; Woodcock, "Peter Kropotkin : from prince to rebel", Black Rose Books, 1990; Woodcock, "Peter Kropotkin : from prince to rebel", Black Rose Books, 1990 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Citarella, "Marxist memes for TikTok teens: can the internet radicalize teenagers for the left?", the Guardian, 2020-09-12. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article The Conquest of Bread (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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