International Solidarity Among Workers

Where it surfaces

• VI

  The chapter highlights cross-cultural camaraderie through gestures, shared tobacco, and the song 'Dubínushka,' illustrating bonds between Russian soldiers and Chinese common people.

• The International Workingmen's Association and the Call to Revolution

  The chapter emphasizes the ideal of a brotherhood of workers across nations, without distinction of creed, sex, nationality, race, or color, as embodied by the International.

• First Contact with the Jura Federation

  The International Workingmen's Association and the bonds among Communard refugees illustrate cross-border worker solidarity.

• XI

  Jewish smugglers assist Kropotkin out of honesty and solidarity, not greed

• Part VI: Western Europe

  Kropotkin's involvement with the Jura Federation highlights the international nature of the labor movement.

• I

  Kropotkin joins the Jura Federation and emphasizes the importance of working with the laboring masses across borders.

• The Jura Federation and the International

  The International Workingmen's Association is presented as a vehicle for workers of all nations to unite against capitalism, though this solidarity fractures along ideological lines.

• III

  The chapter highlights the multinational composition of the Jura Federation, with members from Switzerland, France, Italy, Russia, Spain, and Germany, all working together for a common cause.

• The Ghent Congress and the Revival in France

  Despite ideological differences, a social democrat worker shelters Kropotkin as a brother; the congress itself is an international gathering of workers.

• VII

  The impact of Zasulich's act on European workers and the international backlash against the Jura Federation highlight cross-border solidarity and repression.

• IX

  Kropotkin's participation in the anarchist congress in London and his writing for the Newcastle Chronicle.

• Exile in London and the Dawning of English Socialism

  Kropotkin speaks to Durham miners and workers in Scotland, receiving cheers for Russian nihilists, highlighting cross-border worker solidarity.

• XII

  The support from English friends, Swiss comrades, and local peasants demonstrates international and local solidarity.

• Spies and Agents Provocateurs

  The chapter illustrates the international network of revolutionists and the shared ethical code that transcends national boundaries, as seen in the refugee colony in Geneva.

• Release and Renewal

  The international outcry for the release of anarchists, and the solidarity shown by French workers and students toward Louise Michel.

• XVI

  Kropotkin contrasts the English workers' focus on practical reforms with the Latin workers' emphasis on general principles, highlighting different national approaches within the broader socialist movement.

• XVII

  Kropotkin notes the immense penetration of communist ideas in Europe and America and the deeper comprehension of required changes across nations.