Description comic of four panels:
Panel 1: Canary being offered a copy of Peter Kropotkin's "The conquest of bread" it's angry and screaming "GET THAT PROPAGANDA OUT OF MY FACE!"
Panel 2: It chomps on the book
Panel 3: It tastes the book
Panel 4: It's full of bliss. The Anarchy- and mutual aid symbols are floating above its' head.
6 Comments
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 1y
In all seriousness, is Kropotkin still good to read nowadays? Or are there other authors I should read first?
poVoq@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 1y
It is a bit old fashioned these days. David Graeber or Murray Bookchin are more modern starting points I think.
Comrade_Spood@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 1y
Personally, I really like Kropotkin. Him and Errico Malatesta are my favorite anarchist theorists.
B3n33333@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 1y
You can go with Norman Baillargeon and Chomsky.
poVoq@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
Seems to be very French language specific and Chomsky is really not a good starting point for Anarchism specifically.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
I think so, but to be honest: I haven't finished The Conquest of Bread. I just chose it as a placeholder.
It's a bit old but Kropotkin was one of the first anarchist authors whose models of society have stood the test of time (unlike Proudhon and Bakunin IMHO). I also liked Malatesta's "Anarchy!" and the "ABC's of anarchism" by Alexander Berkman.
If you're looking for something more contemporary, I think "Anarchy works" by Peter Gelderlos is quite good.