10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE DIGGERS»
Discover the use of
the Diggers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Diggers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Winstanley and
the Diggers, 1649-1999
The threat posed by the Diggers to his rights to the wood growing on the
commons seems to have particularly vexed him. The Diggers had challenged
such rights in A Declaration from the Poor Oppressed People of England, when
they laid ...
2
The Summer of Love: Haight-Ashbury at Its Highest
In the beginning, the kids on the street welcomed the packed tour buses with
jovial, good- natured enthusiasm. Soon enough, the camera clicking straights
became less welcome, and the Diggers and other groups started to use the
legions of ...
3
The Theater is in
the Street: Politics and Performance in ...
Once police artesred the Hell's Angels, the Diggers solicired donations to raise
theit bail, using "The Death of Money" coffin as a collection box."7 The Diggers'
ability to reditect theit parade toward the practical objective of raising funds for
bail ...
4
Hippies: A Guide to an American Subculture: A Guide to an ...
The Diggers, a political/social outreach group that formed in 1966, were the most
recognizable symbol of hippie politics. Most of the Diggers had previously been
members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, an urban theater organization ...
5
Sixties Radicals, Then and Now: Candid Conversations with ...
7 Peter Berg From Digger to Environmental Activist I think everything I'm doing
today comes from the Diggers. . . The ideas of the Planet Drum Foundation —
bioregionalism, rehabilitation, finding ways to restore the natural systems, finding
...
6
Three
Diggers: A Tale of
the Australian 'fifties
The diggers were infuriated, and all the land-sharks rising out of the sea of
discontent always seething among such a motley crew, posed as the champions
ofminers' rights and liberties. Certain periodicals, for pecuniary and other
purposes, ...
7
Utopia and
the Ideal Society: A Study of English Utopian ...
This may have been the final straw for the local populace who thereafter
harassed the Diggers both physically, when they sometimes had the assistance
of soldiers, and in the courts. Against this, in midsummer 1649, Winstanley wrote
appeals ...
Viktors Duks. rolls of film. The Diggers were leading us to a place they had found
earlier in the year and one they believed contained a rich variety of weapons and
equipment. What we found was a hole in the ground filled with mud and water.
9
May Martin; Or
The Money
Diggers: A Green Mountain Tale
And now, Miss May, if you aint afeard, I leads you to the spot-J guesses that
Mister has come down among the diggers by this time, for I watches, and sees
them going afore 1 comes for you-so now if the old man is n't there, we finds a
clear run ...
Daniel Pierce Thompson, 1846
10
The Concise Encyclopedia of
the Revolutions and Wars of ...
DIGGERS The Diggers were members of a communistic movement that
flourished during the English Commonwealth (1649- 60). The Diggers were
deeply religious pacifists, who favored the abolition of private ownership of land.
Unlike the ...
Stephen C. Manganiello, 2004
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE DIGGERS»
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the Diggers is used in the context of the following news items.
celebrate what the Diggers stood for
Among the commemorations of our Anzacs, maybe it's time to dedicate ourselves to the ideals of the Diggers. Let's celebrate sacrifice, mateship and the dream ... «Herald Sun, Apr 15»
Are London's ever-expanding basements being turned into a …
Builders have rubbished claims that thousands of diggers are being buried under ... many of the projects are so ambitious the diggers are left with no way to dig ... «Daily Mail, Jun 14»
The bizarre secret of London's buried diggers
Sometimes they simply knock a hole in the wall and drive the diggers straight through the house. In other cases, the windows are so large that a digger can ... «New Statesman, Jun 14»
Woman seriously injured after two diggers fall off the back of a lorry …
It is thought that the diggers clipped a railway bridge as they passed underneath, knocking them off of the lorry and on to the road. Crash scene: One of the two ... «Daily Mail, Apr 14»
Decorated diggers tell a different truth about storied Afghan battle
Two years and eight months on, many of the diggers from Brisbane's Sixth Battalion Royal Australian Regiment who fought alongside MacKinney have been ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 13»
Pauline Hanson Has Gay Friends, Invokes The Diggers In …
Noted hater Pauline Hanson has told us to shut the fuck up about marriage equality and please 'think of the children' in a tirade against gay marriage arguing ... «Pedestrian TV, Mar 13»
how I shot the Diggers
THE Afghan soldier who gunned down three Australian Diggers last year has gloated about his attack and told how his unit comrades fantasised about ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 12»
Diggers face switch to Afghan danger zone
AUSTRALIA'S deployment in Afghanistan is likely to be shifted to the more hostile areas around Kabul and Kandahar after the Diggers' present theatre of action ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 11»
Minister objects to 'The Diggers' trademark by Warner Music
Mr Snowdon said he understood Warner Music has lodged an application to register the term "The Diggers" as a trademark. He said the government recognised ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 11»
