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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “There are a few counties where the County Councils, and still more so, the Parish Councils, are doing their best to…”

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There are a few counties where the County Councils, and still more so, the Parish Councils, are doing their best to break at last the land monopoly, and to permit those small farmers who intend to cultivate the soil to do so.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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He notes the efforts of local councils in some counties to challenge land monopolies and support small farmers.

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