Every popular outbreak, every revolutionary agitation in any country of Europe, was received by the social democratic leaders with even more animosity than by the capitalist press.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Every popular outbreak, every revolutionary agitation in any country of Europe, was received by the social democratic…”
Editor's note · Context
He notes the hostility of social democratic leaders towards revolutionary movements, contrasting them with capitalist reactions.
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