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Rainsborough R.I.P | The Sea-Green Society
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Just another WordPress.com weblog. Rainsborough R.I.P. October 30, 2009. Today is (or should be…) ‘Rainsborough Day’. Thomas Rainsborough is one of England’s greatest unsung heroes. He was the highest ranking Leveller in the New Model Army and, as such, was a very influential figure. The Levellers. Sought complete social and economic equality; a universal. Of privilege and wealth. As Rainsborough himself said during the Putney Debates of 1647. All of which remain all too relevant today! Cromwell sent Rai...
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>>>- An Arrow Against All Tyrants -> | The Sea-Green Society
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Just another WordPress.com weblog. An Arrow Against All Tyrants -. August 19, 2009. 363 years ago this month, August 1646, Richard Overton was imprisoned for publishing a pamphlet which attacked the House of Lords. During his imprisonment he wrote what was to become an important and influential Leveller manifesto, “. An Arrow Against All Tyrants and Tyranny. 8221; which would be published on 12th October of that year. A member of the House of Commons. So that such, so deputed, are to the general no other...
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Benn 10 – What Would The Levellers Do Today? | The Sea-Green Society
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Just another WordPress.com weblog. Benn 10 – What Would The Levellers Do Today? February 15, 2009. Tony Benn is a regular speaker at the annual Levellers Day event in Burford, Oxfordshire. The following is taken from the speech he made on 15th May, 1976. As ’10 Point Plans’ go we think it’s a pretty good one🙂. For my part, I think the Levellers would have much to say about the issues which concern us here in England today and I have selected 10 issues which I believe would concern them. The Levellers wo...
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‘Freeborn’ John Lilburne: A hero for our time | The Sea-Green Society
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Just another WordPress.com weblog. 8216;Freeborn’ John Lilburne: A hero for our time. February 13, 2009. The following text was lifted from OpenDemocracy.net. We think it bears repeating…. The Levellers have almost been airbrushed out of history but their ideas have much relevance to-day. And the contribution of Lilburne to our democracy and our law has never been properly recognised. Channel Four recently screened a four-part drama, The Devil’s Whore. From the original piece written by Geoffrey Bindman.
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Tour Spagettii Junction / Birmingham
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DTOUR/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /SPAGETTII JUNCTION/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /RUOTD. Location = Spagettii junction, Junction 6 of M6 Motorway, Brimingham. Date = 9 / 1 / 07. Kit = food supplies and water. Conditions = fair to middling. Participants = Heath Bunting, Kayle Brandon , Steve Crozier, Si Griffis, phil cummins, Katerina Bimplia. Http:/ duo.irational.org. Dtour provides excellent routes for alternative travel. Up / down / balance. Billboard / wall / rail transtion. Concrete brick bank traverse.
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For The Liberties of England… | The Sea-Green Society
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Just another WordPress.com weblog. For The Liberties of England…. August 18, 2009. Wynn recently posted the following article. As we hope one day to resurrect the Levellers we thought we’d post his article on our site as well…. If I had as many lives as I have hairs on my head. Or drops of blood in my veins,. I would give them all up for this cause,. For the Liberties of England! As quoted on Rev Hammer. S ' Freeborn John. These are troubled times both for Liberty and for Democracy;. But modern governmen...
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The Birth of The Levellers | The Sea-Green Society
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Just another WordPress.com weblog. The Birth of The Levellers. July 9, 2009. In July, 1646. 8216;Freeborn’ John Lilburne. The Levellers were committed broadly to the abolition of corruption within the Parliamentary and judicial process, toleration of religious differences, the translation of law into the common tongue, and the expansion of suffrage. Sadly many of the Leveller’s aims remain relevant today. Here is our Leveller Party? One Response to “The Birth of The Levellers”. July 11, 2009 at 11:11 am.