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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: I could thus follow the movement from the inside, and know the workers’ view of it.

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I could thus follow the movement from the inside, and know the workers’ view of it.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin reflects on the importance of understanding the workers' perspective from within the movement.

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