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Description comic of four panels:
Panel 1: Canary being offered a copy of Peter Kropotkin's "The conquest of bread" it's angry and screaming "GET THAT PROPAGANDA OUT OF MY FACE!"
Panel 2: It chomps on the book
Panel 3: It tastes the book
Panel 4: It's full of bliss. The Anarchy- and mutual aid symbols are floating above its' head.
In all seriousness, is Kropotkin still good to read nowadays? Or are there other authors I should read first?
It is a bit old fashioned these days. David Graeber or Murray Bookchin are more modern starting points I think.
Personally, I really like Kropotkin. Him and Errico Malatesta are my favorite anarchist theorists.
You can go with Norman Baillargeon and Chomsky.
Seems to be very French language specific and Chomsky is really not a good starting point for Anarchism specifically.
I think so, but to be honest: I haven't finished The Conquest of Bread. I just chose it as a placeholder.
It's a bit old but Kropotkin was one of the first anarchist authors whose models of society have stood the test of time (unlike Proudhon and Bakunin IMHO). I also liked Malatesta's "Anarchy!" and the "ABC's of anarchism" by Alexander Berkman.
If you're looking for something more contemporary, I think "Anarchy works" by Peter Gelderlos is quite good.