Leftist Reading: The Conquest of Bread. Part 9

This week’s reading is The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin. The full book is available online here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23428/23428-h/23428-h.htm [Part 1] I.  Our Riches[Part 2]II.  Well-Being for All[Part 3]III.  Anarchist Communism[Part 4]IV.  Expropriation[Part 5]V.  Food: i - iii[Part 6]V.  Food: iv - vii[Part 7]VI.  DwellingsVII.  Clothing[Part 8]VIII.  Ways and MeansIX.  The Need for Luxury            i. - iii.[Part 9 – This Week]IX.  The Need for Luxury            iv. - 00:31            v. - 07:26X.  Agreeable Work            i. - 15:41            ii. - 22:26[Part 10]XI.  Free AgreementXII.  Objections[Part 11?]XIII.  The Collectivist Wages System[Part 12?]XIV.  Consumption and ProductionXV.  The Division of Labour[Part 13?]XVI.  The Decentralization of Industry [Part 14?]XVII.  Agriculture Footnotes:– 01:21We know this from Playfair, who mentioned it at Joule's death.– 24:32 It seems that the Communists of Young Icaria had understood the importance of a free choice in their daily relations apart from work. The ideal of religious Communists has always been to have meals in common; it is by meals in common that early Christians manifested their adhesion to Christianity. Communion is still a vestige of it. Young Icarians had given up this religious tradition. They dined in a common dining room, but at small separate tables, at which they sat according to the attractions of the moment. The Communists of Anama have each their house and dine at home, while taking their provisions at will at the communal stores.