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Blanquists

The heirs of Jacobin insurrection, conspirators who would seize power for the people and, Kropotkin suspects, keep it.

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Also known as the Jacobins, Jacobins

First appearance: the conquest of bread

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The Blanquists, also called Jacobins, embody the tradition of the centralized revolutionary coup, a small disciplined band acting on behalf of the masses. Kropotkin's quarrel with them is strategic and temperamental:…

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