New Books (part IV)
'Quest for the New Moral World' by John F. C. Harrison. A history of the #Owenist movement in #Britain and the #USA Robert Owen was a #bourgeois philanthropist, factory-reformer and #Utopian #Socialist thinker who, by the mid-1820's, had somewhat ironically become the figurehead of a genuinely working-class based #political #trade_union and #CoOperative movement. The Owenists would be a major influence on #Marx and the #Chartists in the #1840s
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#997 H.L. Douch and R.D. Penhallurick (eds) - Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, New Series, Vol IX, Part 1. Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro, 1982.
#Cornwall #Kernow #HLDouch #RDPenhallurick #RoyalInstitutionOfCornwall #Railways #Chartists #BookOfTheDay
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton's 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and relevant throughout history
@ChrisMayLA6 @RichardJMurphy Unfortunately, what Murphy fails to recognize is the "reset" we need is #LandValueTax #LVT. The #Chartists understood this over 150 years ago, the #Georgists understood this over 100 years ago. Hell, even Winston Churchill understood this. But here we are, in 2024, rehashing the same old arguments, whilst the landed get richer and the landless get poorer.
I have never seen a man get so much right, and then fail to make the final leap, as Richard Murphy.
Graphic novel by Polyp
https://sslh.org.uk/2024/04/21/from-luddites-to-suffragettes-a-graphic-tale-of-the-fight-for-the-vote/
See also Mike Leigh 2018 film Peterloo.
Interview about making of with director
https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e15-the-peterloo-massacre-with-mike-leigh/
A crowdfunded graphic novel on the ‘raw, intense and often shockingly violent’ fight for the right to vote has hit its funding target within a matter of days of going live. Titled COURAGE: Lu…
Today in Labor History June 16, 1836: The London Working Men's Association was formed, launching the Chartist movement. The Chartists took their name from the People's Charter, which demanded universal suffrage for men, regardless of social class. The movement appealed to skilled workers, not the masses of unskilled laborers. They followed the utopian socialism of Robert Owen. The movement lasted from 1838 to 1857. America’s first cop, Allan Pinkerton, creator of the Secret Service & persecutor of the Molly Maguires, was a radical participant in the Chartist movement before becoming the bulldog of capitalists. While the Chartism was primarily a constitutional movement, there was a radical, insurrectionary wing. Pinkerton was a part of this wing. He fought cops, destroyed property, set fires and had to flee the UK in order to avoid imprisonment. You can read my satirical biography of him here: https://marshalllawwriter.com/the-eye-that-never-sleeps/
You can read my history The Myth of the Molly Maguires here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/13/the-myth-of-the-molly-maguires/
#workingclass #LaborHistory #chartists #pinkertons #socialism #robertowen #police #secretservice #mollymaguires
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