December 9 was the birthday of Russian political philosopher, Peter Kropotkin (1842 – 1921) – the “Anarchist Prince”, whose ideas of Mutual Aid outline an alternative to Darwinian ideas of cutthroat competition as the driving force behind evolution.
In the 1870s and 80s Kropotkin was a traveling revolutionary, moving through Europe organizing and agitating for socialist causes. He settled in England, and only returned to Russia after the Revolution…
“Prisons are universities of crime, maintained by the state.” ― Peter Kropotkin, In Russian and French Prisons
Photo, c. 1900
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