The Conquest of Bread (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Conquest of Bread (version 2), credited to Peter Kropotkin, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Conquest of Bread (version 2) by Peter Kropotkin. Read in English by AudibleAnarchist In this work, Kropotkin points out what he considers to be the defects of the economic systems of feudalism and capitalism, and how he believes they thrive on and maintain poverty and scarcity, as symbol for richness and in spite of being in a time of abundance thanks to technology, while promoting privilege. He goes on to propose a more decentralised economic system based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation, asserting that the tendencies for this kind of organisation already exist, both in evolution and in human society. He also talks about details of revolution and expropriation in order not to end in a reactionary way. (summary by AudibleAnarchist)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Conquest of Bread (version 2)
• Author credits: Peter Kropotkin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 6:01:11

Catalogue topics

• politics
• philosophy
• economics
• agriculture

Track guide

1. 01 - Our Riches — 21:25
2. 02 - Well-Being for All — 19:43
3. 03 - Anarchist Communism — 22:15
4. 04 - Expropiation — 28:21
5. 05 - Food — 30:00
6. 06 - Dwellings — 21:38
7. 07 - Clothing — 5:45
8. 08 - Ways and Means — 13:59
9. 09 - The Need for Luxury — 18:51
10. 10 - Agreeable Work — 15:58
11. 11 - Free Agreement — 7:21
12. 12 - Objections — 36:52
13. 13 - The Collectivest Wages System — 33:13
14. 14 - Comsumption and Production — 14:40
15. 15 - The Division of Labor — 6:34
16. 16 - The Decentralisation of Industry — 22:07
17. 17 - Agriculture — 42:29

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