Levellers
Britishnoun
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After Charles I was overthrown and beheaded, the Levellers and the Diggers pushed for radical equality and an end to land ownership—objectives that by the play’s end it is painfully clear they will not achieve.
From Slate • May 7, 2018
Into this debate plunge the members of three new radical groups: the Diggers, the Ranters and the Levellers.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2018
Q:What is the best part of being The Levellers now as opposed to then?
From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2016
Festival 800 runs from 28 August to 6 September at venues across Lincoln and features performances from the likes of Billy Bragg and the Levellers.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2015
He treated the Levellers with some severity and showed his instinctive dislike to revolutionary proposals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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