Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was born in 1842 and breathed his last in 1921. Kropotkin was a Russian noble. He was educated for army and at the age of twenty he became a military officer in Siberia.

Kropotkin’s great interest in science developed from his military training which he received to get a job. This moulded his life in future. He had a scientific mind and devoted his time and energy to the study of books on science.

As a military officer in Siberia Kropotkin got ample opportunity for geographical survey and expedition. Thus his shift from military service to geo­graphical survey and expeditions enriched the subject profoundly. He contributed many articles to different journals.

Peter Kropotkin was a man of different mentality and attitude. His stay in military service could not satisfy his academic and intellectual requirements and desires and after serving several years he relinquished the job, and entered the University of St. Petersburg in 1867. His vast knowledge in geography brought for him the post of secretary of Geographical Society.

Even this vital administrative post could not detain him for long time. He moved to radical political movements. In 1872, Peter Kropotkin joined the International Workingmen’s Association. Later on he was deeply involved in subversive and anarchical activities. This led him to imprisonment in 1874.

He escaped from prison in 1876 and went to England. The England of the second half of eighteenth century was the centre of revolutionary activities, although she never experienced any revolution.

He also travelled to Switzerland and Paris. While in Paris he was again arrested by the French government in 1883. Released from prison in 1886 he went to England and settled there. While in exile, Kropotkin gave lectures and published widely on anarchism and geography. He returned to Russia after the Russian Revolution in 1917 but was disappointed by the Bolshevik state. The rest of his life was spent without political activity.

Peter Kropotkin was an evolutionist anarchist. But his evolutionism was more scien­tific than that of his predecessors. He wrote several books on anarchism such as ‘The Place of Anarchy in Socialist Evolution (1886), The Conquest of Bread (1888), Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)’, ‘The State – Its Part in History (1898)’ and ‘Modern Science and Anarchism (1903)’. His deep interest in science, particularly biology and anthro­pology, opened before him new and enchanting vistas of knowledge and all these inspired him to study biological science with added interest.

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    “He was a rich kid so him being driven insane by the nightmarish health insurance industry doesn’t count” isn’t the own libs think it is. Like the system is such a bureaucratic nightmare and so expensive that even generational wealth doesn’t insulate you from having to spend your days on hold while in excruciating pain. It’s if anything a bigger indictment of the system.

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    One of the readings for my post-soviet politics module starts with this:

    The disintegration of the Soviet Union in December 1991 led to the de-colonization of the world’s last remaining empire

    What an utterly insane take. My professor just thinks this is normal and good. He is the stupidest professor I have ever had

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    Help! I’m so incredibly fucking screwed!!

    All anyone has ever told me with regard to losing my job and an N4 notice is, ‘call ×, they will help!’ without any instruction about how, or who to talk to, or what to say, or what buttons to press in the phone system horror machine. Bonus points if the person doesn’t even give me a number. When I was trying to do something about getting fired, the end result was relaying my story to about ten different, orgs? legal associations? relevant individuals? who either told me to call someone else or said they’d call back and never did.

    Now I’m sitting waiting for news on my disability claim and the hearing whatever for the rent dispute thing is in like a week. All I am told is, call the Landlord Tenant Board!!! Not how or what to do though! Just plead my case to the secretary I guess!!! I’m late on doing this but my spoons were taken by trying to get legal help and disability applications, employment insurance, shit like that.

    I have no fucking clue what I’m going to do, I’m not actually a competent human being, that was all an elaborate ruse driven by the inertia of my having a job. I am not a functional person I can’t do it. I am so fucking screwed fuck.

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    Gusanos are over and one of them asked me to cut my hair so I can look presentable for family photos. It’s not even that long. I just don’t comb it as much as I should.

    They then threw a fit when I said no and told me it makes me “look like a transgender.”

    I’m never hosting them again. They can get an AirBnB next time.

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    What I am seeing with this United ceo still being in the news cycle is that this was an attack on “business” and you don’t dare target US businesses

    It’s truly bizarre to me