A revolution, from its very outset, must be an act of justice towards the ‘down-trodden and the oppressed’--not a promise of making such reparation later on--otherwise it is sure to fail.
Kropotkin argues that a revolution must prioritize justice for the oppressed from the beginning to succeed.
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