# International Solidarity Among Workers in Memoirs of a Revolutionist

> Theme guide for Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Peter Kropotkin.

The book highlights the transnational nature of the anarchist and socialist movements, with revolutionaries from Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Spain working together across borders in a shared struggle against capitalism and the state.

## Where it surfaces

- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/viii): 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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/ix): The International Workingmen's Association and the bonds among Communard refugees illustrate cross-border worker solidarity.
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/xi): Jewish smugglers assist Kropotkin out of honesty and solidarity, not greed
- [Part VI: Western Europe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/part-vi-western-europe): Kropotkin's involvement with the Jura Federation highlights the international nature of the labor movement.
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/i): Kropotkin joins the Jura Federation and emphasizes the importance of working with the laboring masses across borders.
- [The Jura Federation and the International](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/ii): 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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/v): Despite ideological differences, a social democrat worker shelters Kropotkin as a brother; the congress itself is an international gathering of workers.
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/x): Kropotkin speaks to Durham miners and workers in Scotland, receiving cheers for Russian nihilists, highlighting cross-border worker solidarity.
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/xii): The support from English friends, Swiss comrades, and local peasants demonstrates international and local solidarity.
- [Spies and Agents Provocateurs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/xiv): 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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/xv): The international outcry for the release of anarchists, and the solidarity shown by French workers and students toward Louise Michel.
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_revolutionist_se/chapters/xvii): Kropotkin notes the immense penetration of communist ideas in Europe and America and the deeper comprehension of required changes across nations.

## Links

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