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Gerrard Winstanley. Gerrard Winstanley (baptised 19 October 1609 – 10 September 1676) [1] was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English group known as the True Levellers or Diggers.
The Diggers were a group of religious and political dissidents in England, associated with what would later be called agrarian socialism. [1] Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard, amongst many others, were known as True Levellers in 1649, in reference to their split from the Levellers, and later became known as Diggers because of their ...
Diggers' Song. " The Diggers' Song " (Roud 1521, also known as " Levellers and Diggers ") is a 17th-century English ballad by Gerrard Winstanley, a protest song about land rights inspired by the Diggers movement. The lyrics were published in 1894 by the Camden Society. It is sung to a version of the family of tunes later used for "Sam Hall ...
On 1 April 1999, on the 350th anniversary of Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers' occupation of the same hill, The Land Is Ours organised a rally, then occupied land at St. George's Hill near Weybridge, Surrey. [5]
The Diggers were an English group of Protestant agrarian communists, [9] [10] begun by Gerrard Winstanley as True Levellers in 1649, who became known as Diggers due to their activities. Their original name came from their belief in economic equality based upon a specific passage in the Book of Acts. [11]
St George's Hill. St George's Hill is a 964-acre (3.9 km 2) private gated community in Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom. The estate has golf and tennis clubs, as well as approximately 420 houses. Land ownership is divided between homes with gardens, belonging to home owners, and the estate roads and verges belonging to its residents' association.
The Diggers took their name from the original English Diggers led by Gerrard Winstanley [117] and sought to create a mini-society free of money and capitalism. [118] On the other hand, the Yippies employed theatrical gestures, such as advancing a pig ("Pigasus the Immortal") as a candidate for president in 1968, to mock the social status quo. [119]
"The Diggers' Song" 2:31 17th century Written by Gerrard Winstanley, leader of the Diggers: 3 3 "Colliers' March" 2:28 1782 Written by John Freeth; Refers to a march of workers in Birmingham protesting at the price of bread 4 4 "The Triumph of General Ludd" 3:02 1812 Refers to the Luddite Rebellion 5 5 "Chartist Anthem" 1:34 1847
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