Kropotkin and the scientific community in England in the 1870s and 80s

Syndicated from Libcom on Mon, 2012-04-09

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<p> A short post on a small act of solidarity from a <span style="font-style:italic">Nature </span>editor in the 1870s. </p>

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<p> <span style="font-weight:bold">An act of solidarity</span><br />
I hadn&#039;t come across this little bit of anarcho history before, but it&#039;s in Kropotkin&#039;s <span style="font-style:italic">Memoirs Of A Revolutionist</span> and Dugatkin&#039;s <span style="font-style:italic">The Prince of Evolution</span>. It refers to a small act of solidarity from a journal editor in England in the 1870s, and a not-so supportive act from a leading English biologist a few years later. </p>

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