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Levellers
Levellers
The Levellers, the labouring classes, and the poor
In an essay soon appearing in the Bunyan Studies journal, John Rees looks at the Leveller programme in relation to the social structure of 17th century England
Levellers Day 2020 - video
Remembering the Levellers and the significance of their struggle today
In the spirit of the Levellers: educate, agitate, organise
Cathy Augustine, LRC Co-Vice-Chair, looks at the significance of the radical movements of the English Revolution and how we can take inspiration from them today
Restoration Tragedy review - an experimental encounter between early music, punk and politics
This celebration of 'the world turned upside down' is a perfect blend of folk, punk, and English radical history, writes John Rees
Christmas 1641: 'the maddest Christmas that I ever saw'
John Rees depicts one of the great popular mobilisations of the English Revolution, described by one eye-witness as ‘the maddest Christmas that ever I saw’
This Christmas for the Leveller in your life: festive offer from Philosophy Football
A new Philosophy Football T-Shirt features the Thomas Rainsborough quote 'The poorest that is in England hath a live to live as the greatest'
Leveller! A political insult for all ages
John Rees, author of the new book
The Leveller Revolution
, looks at the contemporary relevance of the Levellers
5 novels every revolutionary should read
Some of the best pieces of fiction ever written about revolutionary experience are outlined by writer and historian John Rees
The Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England 1640-1650
John Rees,
The Leveller Revolution
makes a powerful case that Leveller organisation during the English Revolution was essential to its success, finds Dominic Alexander
The hidden spaces of struggle
Space and place in the cityscape are battlegrounds, and we have to fight to hold them, argues Chris Bambery
A light shines on the democratic deficit
Caryl Churchill’s classic English revolution drama could not come at a better moment nor be performed in a better place, says John Rees
Podcast: the Levellers and John Lilburne
A podcast by Londonist Out Loud discussing the Levellers with John Rees
John Lilburne: free-born 400 years ago…and still the man of the hour
Saturday 14 March sees the
Lilburne 400 conference
in London. The Leveller leader should be remembered for many reasons, not least his commitment to building revolutionary organisation, says John Rees