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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: It was this permanent menace which prevented the Spanish monarchy from suppressing all the workers’ and peasants’…

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It was this permanent menace which prevented the Spanish monarchy from suppressing all the workers’ and peasants’ organizations, and from inaugurating a frank clerical reaction.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin explains how the threat of worker organizations prevented the Spanish monarchy from suppressing dissent.

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