My comrade, who was known to the workers, simply introduced me: ‘Borodín, a friend.’ ‘Tell us, Borodín,’ he said, ‘what you have seen abroad.’ And I spoke of the labour movement in Western Europe, its struggles, its difficulties, and its hopes.
Kropotkin recounts speaking about the labor movement in Western Europe to a group of workers, highlighting the struggles and hopes involved.
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