Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Quite an atmosphere of petty thefts, petty swindlings, spying and corruption of all sorts spreads like a blot of oil…”

People flocked at night into Trafalgar Square to sleep there in the open air, under the wind and rain, between two newspapers; and one day in February a crowd, after having listened to the speeches of Burns, Hyndman, and Champion, rushed…

Most socialists had hitherto said that in our present civilized societies we actually produce much more than is necessary for guaranteeing full well-being to all.

Far more important, however, than this outbreak of discontent, was the spirit which prevailed amongst the poorer portion of the working population in the outskirts of London.

The amount of interest in socialism and all sorts of schemes of reform and reconstruction of society was very great in all layers of society.