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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: Consequently, the Jura Federation, with its papers printed in French, became the centre for the maintenance and…

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Consequently, the Jura Federation, with its papers printed in French, became the centre for the maintenance and expression in the Latin countries of the spirit which--I repeat it--saved Europe from a very dark period of reaction.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin identifies the Jura Federation as a crucial center for anarchist thought in Latin countries.

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