In 1649
To St. George's Hill
A ragged band they called the Diggers
Came to show the people's will
They defied the landlords
They defied the laws
They were the dispossessed reclaiming what was theirs
We come in peace they said
To dig and sow
We come to work the lands in common
And to make the waste grounds grow
This earth divided
We will make whole
So it will be
A common treasury for all
The sin of property
We do disdain
No man has any right to buy and sell
The earth for private gain
By theft and murder
They took the land
Now everywhere the walls
Spring up at their command
They make the laws
To chain us well
The clergy dazzle us with heaven
Or they damn us into hell
We will not worship
The God they serve
The God of greed who feeds the rich
While poor men starve
We work we eat together
We need no swords
We will not bow to the masters
Or pay rent to the lords
We are free men
Though we are poor
You Diggers all stand up for glory
Stand up now
From the men of property
The orders came
They sent the hired men and troopers
To wipe out the Diggers' claim
Tear down their cottages
Destroy their corn
They were dispersed
But still the vision lingers on
You poor take courage
You rich take care
This earth was made a common treasury
For everyone to share
All things in common
All people one
We come in peace
The orders came to cut them down

- Billy Bragg, The World Turned Upside Down

#diggers #levellers #resistance #socialjustice #UK #humanrights #justice #socialism #peasantrevolt #enclosure #thecommons

It really annoys me that in fiction every depictions of a Religious Group living Communally ultimately makes them a cult.

This is not Universal in Real Life, just look at the Anabaptists and Diggers.

#Lazarus #Anabaptists #Diggers #Communism #Communalism

Today in Labor History April 26, 1649: The English authorities sentenced Robert Lockier to be shot for leading a mutiny. Cromwell’s New Model Army had just defeated Charles I in the English Civil War. However, the Army failed to negotiate a settlement with the King. And when Charles I double-crossed them, they executed him. A conflict arose between the monarchists, who wanted another king, and Cromwell, who wanted a plutocratic Parliament. Then there were the Levellers, who wanted a democracy in which every male head of household had a vote, regardless of whether he owned property. And the Diggers (AKA the True Levellers), who wanted universal suffrage AND common ownership of the land. Lockier was a Leveller and a member the New Model Army. On April 24, he and some other soldiers barricaded themselves in a Leveller meeting place in London. They demanded to paid their overdue wages. Cromwell ended the mutiny after a few days and arrested Lockier as the ringleader.

The Diggers originally called themselves the True Levellers, to distinguish themselves from the more moderate Levellers. However, in April, 1649, they began pulling down enclosures (common lands usurped by the landlords) on St. George’s Hill. And when they started planting the land in common, for the benefit of all peasants, people started calling them Diggers. Needless to say, the local landlords were peeved. They asked the New Model Army to come in and remove the Diggers. However, their commander told the landlords to use the courts. So, the landlords organized gangs to beat and burn out the Diggers. Ultimately, the court ruled that the Army could evict the Diggers if they did not leave. So, they left. But they started new commons in neighboring regions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn31l2idKTA

#workingclass #LaborHistory #diggers #Cromwell #mutiny #levellors #CivilWar #england #NewModelArmy #BillyBragg

#diggers #terrypratchett #satire #speculativefiction #fantasy #quotes

I have just this minute learned about Diggerland in Durham and I immediately want to go to there.

#diggerland #diggers

"The gentry must come down and the poor shall wear the crown" #winstanley #diggers #coup #wewishyouhealth #diggerssong

https://horsesofthegods.bandcamp.com/track/diggers-song

@expertenkommision_cyberunfall zu 5.: die Kirchen wurden schon enteignet. Am 25. Februar 1803. Du bist also gut 200 Jahre zu späht. Aber wir könnten noch das Privateigentum abschaffen und alle in Gütergemeinschaft leben. Das währe wahrhaft christlich. Kannst ja Mal nach Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , #ChristlichenSozialismus und #Diggers googlen.

Android Auditory Capabilities Roll 1d10
1-3. Damaged: One auditory receptor damaged, but it can be replaced if a spare hearing module is inserted by a robotics technician. This android hears only half as well as a human and suffers -1 initiative until repaired. 

4-5. Normal Human: This android can hear as well as a human.

6,7. Double Human: This model can hear twice as well as a regular person.

8. Double Enhanced
9. Extreme Hearing
10. Extreme Plus Radio Reception

Ink art from page 50 of The Mutant Epoch RPGs Expansion Rules Book. 
Learn about this tabletop roleplaying Game, and grab our free Quick Start Rules PDF here: https://www.outlandarts.com/qsr.htm

#hearing #auditory #ears #sound #enhanced #ruins #diggers #followed #adventurers #android #selfaware #noaiart #ink #rpg #ttrpg #scifi #mutantepoch #expansionrules #tme #themutantepoch #roleplayinggame #apocalyptic #postapocalyptic #outlandsystem #outlandarts like #gammaworld or #fallout or #mcc or #mutantcrawlclassics #inkart #williammcausland #outlandarts

Avanti barbari!/3 – Il passato vive ancora nel presente https://www.carmillaonline.com/2024/08/21/avanti-barbari-3-il-passato-vive-ancora-nel-presente/ #scopertadell’America #guerradeicontadini #cacciaallestreghe #CristoforoColombo #GerrardWinstanley #LucianoParinetto #PierredeLancre #EdizioniTabor #ThomasMüntzer #Rinascimento #Interventi #Recensioni #enclosures #Bundschuh #dispendio #accumulo #amerindi #Capitale #comunitá #Medioevo #profitto #Starhawk #barbari #Diggers #Baschi #Europa #lavoro

Slow amble homeward, evening sunlight still bright and warm. Paused to take more photos along Canalside, then found myself passing Diggers and thinking, well, I'm in no hurry to get home, so another rehydration & reading session it is ...

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #Diggers #DiggersPub #pub #bar #biere #beer #ale #book #livre #AnReading #bookstodon

Nessuna epoca è simile alla nostra https://www.carmillaonline.com/2024/05/26/nessuna-epoca-e-simile-alla-nostra/ #banditismosociale #cultimessianici #GeorgesLapierre #NuovoTestamento #LuigiBalsamini #OsCangaceiros #YvesDelhoysie #insurrezione #millenaristi #alienazione #Rivelazione #Rivoluzione #Recensioni #Apocalisse #Giustizia #felicità #Diggers #Francia #Freud

Today in Labor History April 26, 1649: The English authorities sentenced Robert Lockier to be shot for leading a mutiny. Cromwell’s New Model Army had just defeated Charles I in the English Civil War. However, the Army failed to negotiate a settlement with the King. And when Charles I double-crossed them, they executed him. A conflict arose between the monarchists, who wanted another king, and Cromwell, who wanted a plutocratic Parliament. Then there were the Levellers, who wanted a democracy in which every male head of household had a vote, regardless of whether he owned property. And the Diggers (AKA the True Levellers), who wanted universal suffrage AND common ownership of the land. Lockier was a Leveller and a member the New Model Army. On April 24, he and some other soldiers barricaded themselves in a Leveller meeting place in London. They demanded to paid their overdue wages. Cromwell ended the mutiny after a few days and arrested Lockier as the ringleader.

The Diggers originally called themselves the True Levellers, to distinguish themselves from the more moderate Levellers. However, in April, 1649, they began pulling down enclosures (common lands usurped by the landlords) on St. George’s Hill. And when they started planting the land in common, for the benefit of all peasants, people started calling them Diggers. Needless to say, the local landlords were peeved. They asked the New Model Army to come in and remove the Diggers. However, their commander told the landlords to use the courts. So, the landlords organized gangs to beat and burn out the Diggers. Ultimately, the court ruled that the Army could evict the Diggers if they did not leave. So, they left. But they started new commons in neighboring regions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn31l2idKTA

#workingclass #LaborHistory #diggers #Cromwell #mutiny #levellors #CivilWar #england #NewModelArmy #BillyBragg

Today in Labor History April 1, 1649: Diggers occupied St. George's Hill, in Surrey, England, seizing land to hold in common and to grow food. Other Digger communities followed in Little Heath, Wellingborough, Buckinghamshire and other regions. The Diggers are sometimes seen as forerunners of modern anarchism. In 1966, members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe formed a Diggers group, handing out free food to hippies in Golden Gate Park. The original Diggers influenced the anti-roads and squatting movements in England and elsewhere. They inspired the Leon Rosselsen song, “The World Turned Upside Down,” seen in the Youtube video, above, performed by Billy Bragg. https://youtu.be/LK2ldle1kAk

#workingclass #LaborHistory #diggers #billybragg #anarchism #MimeTroupe #england #sanfrancisco #hippies

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UK gov wants hydrogen-powered farm and construction vehicles:
-Consultation opened today, 27 March
-Targets tractors, diggers & forklifts for use in the UK

#hydrogen #tractors #forklift #diggers
https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/plan-to-drive-adoption-of-hydrogen-farming-and-construction-vehicles

Taken this day, 2014, a session in Diggers with Ali Wilson, Ian Rankin and JF Derry. Ales and pies may have been involved...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/11985101185/

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #pub #Diggers #IanRankin #DiggersPub #Ecosse #Scotland

I like to take a photograph of every #whisky I drink and I keep a note of the ones that I like and the ones that didn't quite hit the spot. This year I have tried nearly 200 whiskies and the outstanding ones for me were a 14 y/o Glen Garioch from Independent Bottlers "Tri Carragh", a Deanston 10 y/o Le Panto Butt and a Teaninich 14 y/o from IBs "Fragrant Drops". The biggest disappointment was (whilst still an OK whisky) The Hearach.

A Happy New Year, when it comes.

Most of these I have had in #Diggers #pub #Edinburgh #singlemalt #scotch #whiskey

How do we build skills among our communities for a new & better economy?

That's the challenge Bolton Diggers set themselves, with free practical workshops engaging people across their area.

At our recent event, Alan told us their seed funding story, and you can watch it back here: https://youtu.be/pbCAwm88rqU?feature=shared

Transition Together seed funding, made possible thanks to National Lottery Community Fund, is currently open for applications until 7 January.

#neweconomy #reconomy #alternativeeconomy #diggers #bolton #communityskills #skillshare #seedfunding #transitiontown #transition #buildthefuture

Holy cow, Gerrad Winstanley wrote this in 1652!

Surely then, oppressing lords of manors, exacting landlords, and tithe-takers, may as well say, their brethren shall not breathe in the air, nor enjoy warmth in their bodies, nor have the moist waters to fall upon them in showers, unless they will pay them rent for it: as to say, their brethren shall not work upon earth, nor eat the fruits thereof, unless they will hire that liberty of them. For he that takes upon him to restrain his brother from the liberty of the one, may upon the same ground restrain him from the liberty of all four; viz. fire, water, earth, and air.

A man had better to have had no body, than to have no food for it; therefore this restraining of the earth from brethren by brethren, is oppression and bondage; but the free enjoyment thereof is true freedom.

Gerrard Winstanley, quoted in Ian Angus. The War Against the Commons

#GerrardWinstanley #IanAngus #Commons #Commonism #Diggers #Capitalism #Anarchism