On #ThisDayInHistory in 1676, the #TrueLeveller/#Digger ideologue #GerrardWinstanley died. He opposed the growth of #enclosures to cut people off from free land in the #EnglishCivilWar. Diggers broke through to grow food, and this challenge to #capital power was stopped by force.

#DOTD in 1676 – Digger #GerrardWinstanley, patron saint of the #commons:

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