FIELDS, FACTORIES, AND WORKSHOPS
By Pyotr Kropotkin
Read by Peter Kenny
7 hours 51 minutes
Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921) was one of the most interesting figures to emerge from the Russian Communist movement, developing the path of Communist Anarchism: he was not associated, either in theory or practice with the violence associated with that time of great change. Born into a Russian aristocratic land-owning family, he was affected by the injustice he saw as a young man on his father’s estate and committed himself early to social change; but his study and interest in science, geography, anthropology and philosophy enriched and broadened his political views. Fields, Factories, and Workshops (1898) was one of his three most important texts (along with The Conquest of Bread and Mutual Aid – also available on Ukemi Audiobooks). Continue Reading →
Peter Kenny is an actor and musician. He has worked for A&BC Theatre Co., the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC Radio Drama Company. He is a member of the early music group Passamezzo. A prolific recorder of audiobooks, he has recorded over thirty titles including The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. Authors include Iain M. Banks and Paul O’Grady.
