Fun Kropotkin Facts

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Fun Kropotkin Facts

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@drexelclayton80 3 жыл бұрын

“Kropotkin didn’t only look like Santa Claus, he was also aware of the fact.” THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY

@veganarchistcommunist3051 3 жыл бұрын

I refuse to believe that people like Karl Marx, Peter Kropotkin, and Friedrich Engels weren't born with beards.

@svaroga2656 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, beard denialism is getting to be an issue.

@badger1296 2 жыл бұрын

Jesus wasn't born with a beard, but Chuck Norris sure as hell gave 'em one shorty after Jesus's birth, by using his own beard as a way to time travel. 🛞 🧔🕰️

@lord125000 Жыл бұрын

Look up at the photo of marx with no beard. It's really uncomfortable to look at. An uncanny feeling

@veganarchistcommunist3051 Жыл бұрын

@@lord125000 I will never be the same again. That was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.

@Catthepunk 9 ай бұрын

😂

@bingbabooie3697 3 жыл бұрын

cant believe i got jumpscared by a picture of kropotkin holding me at gunpoint

@jackcommonman1381 3 жыл бұрын

hahaha..I literally lol'd when I saw that.. especially with his kindly old man eyes

@xwoog5686 3 жыл бұрын

POV: You don't eat bread. IDK I haven't read the book.

@Anark 3 жыл бұрын

"Infiltrate the stores. Give away the toys" is my new praxis. (Looking forward to your thesis!)

@YodaPotter117 3 жыл бұрын

"Kropotkin was gay" this is now canon

@lumpenproletarier9584 3 жыл бұрын

He said some not so nice things about gays in prison though.

@Potatotenkopf 3 жыл бұрын

@@lumpenproletarier9584 death of the author i guess

@YodaPotter117 3 жыл бұрын

@@lumpenproletarier9584 Wow I didn't know that sucks

@YodaPotter117 3 жыл бұрын

@@Potatotenkopf Neh, Kropotkin is no god. If he is partly dougebag, he is partly dougebag.

@neckpeck2738 2 жыл бұрын

"canon" probably isn't the right word, since he was a real person lol

@grmpEqweer 3 жыл бұрын

Anarcho-Santa-ism. When the only thing you want for Christmas is liberation.

@Catthepunk 9 ай бұрын

I like this.

@indigohalf 3 жыл бұрын

The juxtaposition of your bone-dry delivery with highly silly pictures make these shorter videos very entertaining and memorable.

@mr.countess3610 3 жыл бұрын

Seconded! Really enjoying the humour of this combination. Would like to watch more with this format.

@richardpictures 3 жыл бұрын

Was just about to say this myself. Kropotkin with one gun and then two guns. 😂

@silversam 3 жыл бұрын

Zoe: "Kropotkin was gay..." me: half-disappointed to realize that's "gay" as in "happy" but also glad to hear he was happy

@trans_and_gothicpiano2676 3 жыл бұрын

That was literally my reaction too

@gor_68 7 ай бұрын

His writing was queer too… LMAO

@deadinside7750 3 жыл бұрын

gosh, the images are on point

@DavidLindes 3 жыл бұрын

Right? Though now I want one of Kropotkin on that penny-farthing, with two guns drawn. 🤣

@JaffeCakeINC 3 жыл бұрын

Kropotkin is as threatening as he is wholesome; synthesized to the max

@saadsachwani2837 2 жыл бұрын

He's like the iroh of anarchism except not a war criminal

@forstudentpower 3 жыл бұрын

Going as Peter Kropumpkin for Halloween this year 🎃

@rowanjohnson9892 3 жыл бұрын

I love how there’s so many ways to twist around kropotkin’s name lol “Peter Grow-pot-kin” “Peter Kropumpkin” Also, mind if I steal your idea? 😳

@forstudentpower 3 жыл бұрын

@@rowanjohnson9892 Go for it 😎

@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei 3 жыл бұрын

@@rowanjohnson9892 You could make a cartoon about leftist ideas and make a character called "Crow Potkin" which would obviously be a crow.

@unknownhandyman6821 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei That's a great idea.

@lumpenproletarier9584 3 жыл бұрын

Or just engage in actual political action instead.

@RadicalReviewer 3 жыл бұрын

This is delightful! I would love go see other anarchist writers get videos in a similar vein.

@Thommy2n 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this! This is golden material to rebrand the Anarchist movement. Replacing the strawperson of a red and black bandana wearing Molotov wielding sewer of chaos. In with the yoda talking sweet old man who isn't afraid to cap a fascist while dual wielding on their penny-farthing between checking on the backyard garden and volunteering with K through 6 in revolution prep in a Santa costume while ending the day having tea with Emma freaking Goldman."

@AnarchoPill 3 жыл бұрын

"While the people are sleeping, we’ll realise our clout"

@isidoreaerys8745 3 жыл бұрын

“Disregard the Constabulary” 😂😂😂😂😃

@NullStaticVoid 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the tea anecdote. It seems it's not common knowledge that Russians are known for drinking lots of tea. Hence the famous massive Russian tea samovars.

@KarlSnarks 3 жыл бұрын

If it's not common knowledge, they aren't known for it ;)

@Aconitum_napellus 3 жыл бұрын

"A 'special' kind of lettuce."

@airidescence 3 жыл бұрын

also, best of luck on the PhD, that's an expected yet egregious amount of footnotes.

@thatyoutubechannel9953 3 жыл бұрын

This video got me to read his autobiography, Memoirs of a Revolutionist (volumes 1 and 2), and I have to thank you - it's easily one of the best books I've ever read.

@GarDenofThieves 3 жыл бұрын

Just a small asterisk: Back then most asylums, like prisons, served a similar punitive function. The fact that Kropotkin notices the slight turn of the asylum to a more "sanitary" fuction doesn't mean he is doing a Foucault. Foucault tells us that punishing the body turns to body discipline and puts this turn into the context of governmentality. In other words, he tells us that medical treatment can become a (bio)power in the hands of the state through the public health apparatus. I would doubt that Kropotkin reached a similar conclusion, but if he did I am happy to learn this! The school example is also quite similar to what Foucault said but again, it's just an observation, ahead of its time maybe, but not formed into a larger criticism yet...

@RichardFalkner 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck with the footnotes Zoe. I can't wait to read your thesis, and hope you take up the idea you once mentioned of writing an accessible, modern book of anarchist theory

@LuckyBlackCat 3 жыл бұрын

Ouch! I think he was too harsh on the Italian anarchists. :( Or maybe I'm too soft. Oh no. If only Kropotkin had gone through with the Santa Claus heist. He'd be twice as legendary as he already is. As for the last fact, we all know it's a lie.

@mattpattok3837 3 жыл бұрын

17:16 Kropotkin has clout all right 17:47 I’ll be honest I don’t think Emma Goldman would look better with a beard

@kattemos8801 Жыл бұрын

I think she would.

@lucas3918 3 жыл бұрын

Footnotes are the bane of all our existence! Stay strong, friend!

@airidescence 3 жыл бұрын

an-com santa is a dream date

@Anark 3 жыл бұрын

Can you ride a penny farthing tho?

@MutualAidWorks 3 жыл бұрын

That was awesome. Thankyou Zoe.

@zebj16 3 жыл бұрын

Kropotkin "make my day", lol . Great vid.

@comradeengineer8555 3 жыл бұрын

kropotkin once claimed, after receiving threats from royalist extrimists ''fuck around and find out''

@Avi2Nyan 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your PhD! This was a very fun video. Loved the visuals haha

@terminalglimmer 3 жыл бұрын

OH GOD HE PULLED OUT TWO GUNS

@perlefisker 10 ай бұрын

An additional fun fact: Kropotkin's Santa Claus idea was carried out at Christmas 1974 by a Danish theatre group as a happening in which the performers dressed up as Santas invaded a major department store in Copenhagen and handed out the goods as gifts.

@watermelondreasymone7144 2 жыл бұрын

Came across your malatesta video and now I’m on an anarchopac rabbit hole

@qabbala1015 3 жыл бұрын

8:37 BASED KROPOTKIN BASED KROPOTKIN

@aname4141 3 жыл бұрын

Kropotkin is Uncle Iroh confirmed

@-arche-7926 3 жыл бұрын

"...Kropotkin was gay..." -canon

@lightarmanov6266 3 жыл бұрын

> over 9000 footnotes Damn u trying to compete with Bakunin?

@renaigh 3 жыл бұрын

Based Santa

@jizburg 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, kropotkin was a gangsta santa, altho i disslike the fake news about him not being born with a beard ;)

@leothesilent4789 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that thumbnail

@Florianmunz Жыл бұрын

Can men writing revolutionary texts be taken seriously without having a swagger beard?

@igobytony 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. The deep dives you've done and the pictures they paint and insights they provide are fascinating. Thank you for your labor!

@liasonlee1248 2 жыл бұрын

Same as kropotkin, I am annoyed when people calling me "boss", sure I maybe a manager in a group, but I am just another human being and would rather work with others than exerting dominance in the group.

@iamnohere 2 жыл бұрын

_Spread the bread, algorhithm!_

@peterstorm9421 Ай бұрын

This made my afternoon! Thanks - and for the splendid Means and Ends book also.

@sugarjumper45 3 жыл бұрын

I actually do wanna point out the mild irony of Kropotkin supporting the French in ww1, where as Karl Marx supported the (then burgeoning) German empire in the Franco-Prussian war.

@bennyboy9628 3 жыл бұрын

Well-being for all.

@lumpenproletarier9584 3 жыл бұрын

Why didn't they just used two same sized wheels on those bikes right away? imagine how many people ate shit because they hit the brakes a little too hard.

@gex6692 3 жыл бұрын

I think penny farthings are actually more stable then conventional bikes the reason they fell out of fashion was because of the difficulty of getting on one

@polychrome2666 3 жыл бұрын

Earlier velocipedes did actually have similar-sized wheels! The penny-farthing innovated by increasing the size of the front wheel, as the longer rotation made it possible to attain greater speeds than a traditional velocipede. The invention of the chain drive eventually made the penny-farthing obsolete, as it was now possible to simultaneously attain high speed and safety without trading off one for the other. The more you know!

@lumpenproletarier9584 3 жыл бұрын

@@polychrome2666 I won't remember any of it in about 4 minutes but still thanks.

@polychrome2666 3 жыл бұрын

@@lumpenproletarier9584 Heh, I get ya. I just can't resist the chance to do a deep-dive on an obscure topic!

@DoctorMooye 3 жыл бұрын

I would be interested if you had a discussion with Hakim on Anarchism and Marxism Leninism

@sleepyhead8681 2 жыл бұрын

Same! Although Hakim doesn't seem to think highly of Anarchism.

@DoctorMooye 2 жыл бұрын

@@sleepyhead8681 All the more reason for it. I think both are highly educated, come from very different backgrounds and a good faith discussion could shed some light on critical issues. And maybe bring up interesting thoughts and solutions.

@ExtinctPlate 3 жыл бұрын

4:22 among us

@vizzraak7229 3 жыл бұрын

amogus

@PalkkiTT 2 жыл бұрын

Sus📮

@sebastianmachlin6469 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. To think he wasn't born with a beard.

@ff-qf1th 3 жыл бұрын

I would download bread, thank you very much, I did so yesterday

@SequoiaAlexander 3 жыл бұрын

Great video thank you so much! The Santa writing would make great Twitter fodder for Christmas 2021!

@comradeengineer8555 3 жыл бұрын

i love your videos, good luck on your phd!

@charlesthebald3671 3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree about footnotes.

@BunnySconce 4 ай бұрын

Great video with hilarious images

@Horsthunder 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Zoe, first of thank you for your great work. I had a question and I'm not certain of how to reach you best so I'll just try like this. I'm currently working on putting together a paper on the differences between bolshevist and anarchist pedagogy and the underlying foundations of them. I was wondering if you could recomend some literature or sources regarding anarchist pedagogy, preferady from the late 19th to the mid 20th century.

@anarchozoe 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by pedagogy? Just stuff about schools? Or broader? For schools see Bray, Anarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader Avrich, The Modern School Movement Ferretti, The spatiality of geography teaching and cultures of alternative education: the ‘intuitive geographies’ of the anarchist school in Cempuis (1880-1894)

@florianfelix8295 2 жыл бұрын

@@anarchozoe nothing about Tolstoy?

@ff-qf1th 3 жыл бұрын

good luck on finishing your PhD!!

@amogus7978 3 жыл бұрын

13:45 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

@alexsch2514 3 жыл бұрын

LOL, sadly, not that kinda gay.

@jomes7493 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the fun kropotkin facts!

@enjacku 3 жыл бұрын

Keep making videos this rules!

@kristinwatkins371 3 жыл бұрын

I posted this question in the comments section of the second part of you discussion with Alpha to Omega. You hadn't responded to it so I thought I'd post it here again. I'd be very grateful if you could help provide me with sources. "I wanted to ask you if there are any books by anarchists that give a general history/broad overview of the failures of democratic socialism across the 20th century? Specifically demonstrating the ways in which these movements and governments in Europe and elsewhere, once formed, ended up suppressing and undermining autonomous working class initiative."

@forstudentpower 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think there's a book-length treatment by an anarchist, but there should be! In the meantime, I suggest these essays: Socialist Dog Catchers (or Presidents) Won’t Save Us: blackrosefed.org/socialist-dog-catchers-wont-save-us/ Labouring in vain: a critical history of the Labour Party: libcom.org/history/labouring-in-vain-critical-history-labour-party Few thoughts on democratic socialism: libcom.org/blog/few-thoughts-democratic-socialism-introduction-pamphlet-class-struggle-under-allende-s-gove#footnote3_zskt6o7 Sweden's 'radical' Meidner plan was a defeat of the workers: redflag.org.au/node/6962

@otherperson 3 жыл бұрын

I know Rudolf Rocker's anarcho syndicalism theory and practice talks about the failures of someof the earlier social democratic parties to an extent, but it isn't the point of the book (obviously).

@user-sl6gn1ss8p 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone guess what "the sluffter fields of europe" souned like?

@br2485 3 жыл бұрын

I think "the slaughter fields of europe"

@bartvisscher2647 9 ай бұрын

i love your art work in the video.......Mr K on a penny farthing is going to be a great screen background

@Scriven42 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck on the PhD!

@versus_bugs 3 жыл бұрын

can you please publish your phd online? I'd be really interested

@albertomoreno-torres7776 2 жыл бұрын

Sigma Kropotkin turning down the ladies lmaoo

@enfercesttout 3 жыл бұрын

S-laughter.

@CHMernerner 2 жыл бұрын

Memoir of a revolutionist was great book. Easy reading too.

@NekoNyoko 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the vid! Keep up the great work!

@redhippopotamus9144 3 жыл бұрын

4:24 sus

@conwaykitty7399 3 жыл бұрын

I listen to ur videosnwhen I'm drunk lol

@Hchris101 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else remember the "KNOWLEDGE" meme?

@hassankhan-jg1dx 3 жыл бұрын

Lol the Iroh picture.

@sageinit 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you! But also: your thesis better have continental footnote placement instead of end of chapter American fail placement !

@amogus7978 3 жыл бұрын

4:24

@PalkkiTT 2 жыл бұрын

Sus📮

@nicogrande6583 Жыл бұрын

Engagement. Parasocial binge activate. Thank ya for your service.

@philmcgee4591 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@CautiousKieran 3 жыл бұрын

This is some hot fire

@ZagrebBundist Жыл бұрын

"Kropotkin was gay..." God I wish.

@themelancholia 2 жыл бұрын

Such a relaxing video.

@robbingcars9140 2 жыл бұрын

Is his book where “BreadTube” comes from?

@versus_bugs 3 жыл бұрын

haha I want one about Malatesta!! :))

@turtle4llama 3 жыл бұрын

What a stud

@PatrickCordaneReeves 3 жыл бұрын

DISREGARD THE CONSTABULARY.

@andreasmuller9688 2 жыл бұрын

I think the one with the beard must be a myth... sorry

@badger1296 2 жыл бұрын

Ne,ne! Chomsky looks better with the smooth face.

@fyviane 3 жыл бұрын

7:14 fuckboi malatesta 😎😎

@ff-qf1th 3 жыл бұрын

why do you pronounce it com raid?

@anarchozoe 3 жыл бұрын

Its the English pronunciation. Americans say it differently.

@digitalbrentable 3 жыл бұрын

As an Australian, the American pronunciation feels like a mispronunciation to my ear. But yeah, different dialects are different, no big deal

@artemkanarchist 3 жыл бұрын

❤️🖤

@akryeguy 6 ай бұрын

Looked like Mia Farrow as a boy.

@sleepyhead8681 2 жыл бұрын

Based beard

@gor_68 7 ай бұрын

His writing was queer, he was gay… come on man, just accept it!

@olivedotcom 2 жыл бұрын

🏴🏴🏴

@trans_and_gothicpiano2676 3 жыл бұрын

I think Goldman looks a lot better with beard

@olivedotcom 2 жыл бұрын

i wOULD download a bread 😏😏😎😎😎

@crustydread 3 жыл бұрын

downvote for saying he wasnt born with beard!!!! reeeeeeeeeeeeee

@biouyb5828 2 жыл бұрын

✌🏼🎖

@DavidLindes 3 жыл бұрын

4:21 hmm. It occurs to me that we may need more (but differently targeted) “sluffter”. 🤣 6:19/6:27/6:50 - Good thing Kropotkin is on it!

@nearfact2350 3 жыл бұрын

How r u kaise ho

@xwoog5686 3 жыл бұрын

4:24