From the Levellers and Luddites to the Smashers
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “I think that the poorest He that is in England hath a life to live as well as the greatest He.” -An English Leveller, 1647 When tens of thousands of university students smashed their way into British Prime Minister David Cameron’s office in London to protest the government’s plans to triple tuition, it was reminiscent of the Levellers and Luddites. Just like the Levellers and Luddites in England’s rich historical tapestry, thousands of students smashed glass windows and besieged and rioted through the Conservative Party’s offices. Greatly outnumbered, police and authorities were powerless to stop the mass onslaught of this surging democratic…
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