Tuesday 19 May 2009

Levellers Day Outing (Oxford Working Class Bookfair On the Road)

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make. - William Morris, Arts&Crafts movement/socialist agitator

May 1649, the LAST STAND OF THE LEVELLERS- radical fighters for liberty & democracy - 300 soldiers herded into a church in Burford after a MUTINY against Cromwell, 3 'ringleaders' then shot in the churchyard. The Levellers had REFUSED to be sent to fight in Ireland - England's oldest colony - seeing the Irish as fighting for the same cause of freedom as them. They also felt that they had been SOLD OUT by the leaders and wanted to push the revolution further.

360 years later & our OXFORD WORKING CLASS BOOKFAIR team for a world-turned-upside-down got up early to join a busload of revolting RUSKIN STUDENTS, RANSACKERS & TRADE UNION TYPES off on a daytrip to the annual LEVELLERS DAY commemoration where we hooked up with other revellers, lefties, woodcraft folk, morris dancers, workers etc. in remembering OUR MARTYRS.

This is just the kinda event we love & OXFORD WORKING CLASS BOOKFAIR gained a very warm reception & much enthusiasm from the punters as we distributed shedloads of leaflets & literature - many folks taking whole wads of flyers to give out to friends, family & workmates. It seems in these CREDIT-CRUNCHED TIMES locals are really hungry for an event of this kind. One kid even sellotaped a flyer for the event on his skateboard!

Several of our team report waking up the next morning with sore-heads consequent from numerous toasts & drinks & much merrie-making to the blessed memory of PERKINS, THOMPSON & CHURCH, our executed LEVELLER heroes!

10 comments:

  1. Most official understudy credits don't require a co-endorser. Government Stafford understudy advances and Perkins understudy advances are respected to understudies without a credit check or co-lender. The one unprecedented case would be government Grad PLUS advances, which are credit-based graduate advances.

    Best college essay writing services

    ReplyDelete
  2. I don’t waste my free time in watching movies except I go for to read posts on net and get updated from newest technologies. Auto Insurance Lakewood Ranch

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hi all, here every person is sharing these kinds of know-how, so it’s nice to read this website, and I used to go to see this blog daily.

    Handicap dating

    ReplyDelete
  4. Goodness, what a video it is! Truly wonderful quality video, the lesson given in this video is truly instructive.

    Lol Rank Boost

    ReplyDelete
  5. It’s my first pay a visit to this web site, and I am in fact surprised to see such a fastidious feature YouTube video posted at this point.Lol Smurf Account

    ReplyDelete
  6. I 'd say that the majority of us guests are truly blessed to exist in an astounding spot with a lot of superb people with extremely accommodating things.
    Most Useful Excel Shortcuts

    ReplyDelete
  7. Especially motivational to get a few answers concerning some individual hunting down after their dream and inducing the opportunity to be viable instead of taking after the standard way. I am in a general sense dazed by the course you without inquiry out sidestepping on every last little detail. It truly will be really going to help me a heavenly offer. A pledge of gratefulness is all together to share your contemplations so completely
    Bdsm dating

    ReplyDelete
  8. I have experienced your online journal... It has helped me an essential measure.. It was irrefutably what expected that would know. I am sharing something which night help you
    Belastingadviseurs utrecht

    ReplyDelete
  9. This is very captivating following there's such a substantial number of accommodating information inside. Express appreciation toward you.We require more information like this frequently. Trust you'll much of the time overhaul this web in the future.We require more data like this reliably. Trust you'll every now and again upgrade this web in the future.This article is entirely charming following there's such an assortment of important data inside. Thankful to you.
    Web design company in singapore

    ReplyDelete