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The International Workingmen’s Association inaugurated a new method of solving the problems of practical sociology by appealing to the workers themselves.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin describes the International Workingmen’s Association as a pioneering effort to involve workers in sociological problem-solving.
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