The superannuated anarchist Kropotkin, made use of the war to disavow everything he had been teaching for almost half a century. This denouncer of the state supported the Entente, and if he denounced the dual power in Russia, it was not in the name of anarchy, but in the name of a single core of the bourgeoisie.
Leon TrotskyAbout author
- Author's profession: Revolutionary, Politician
- Nationality: russian
- Born: October 26, 1879
- Died: August 21, 1940
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