Robb Johnson & The Irregulars, AMV, Attila The Stockbroker, Tracey Curtis, Raggasaurus, Joe Allen, Roy Bailey, The Levellers, Leon Rosselson, Billy Bragg, Press Gang, Maggie Holland, Kath Tait, David Rovics, Geoff Berner, Nick Burbridge, Red Rose Folk Band, Sea Green Singers, Sol Samba, Frei Zinger, Bravo Steel Band, Henry Marten's Ghost, Rev Hammer, Chris Park, Velvet Fist, Leatherat.
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Levellers Day is a non-profit making event run by a group of volunteers. The money from ticket sales goes into organising future Levellers Days and to the Workers Educational Association.
Heroes
Tony Benn, Anthony Barnett, Giles Fraser, John Lilburne, Anthony Sedley, Cornet Henry Denne, Cornet Thompson, Private Church, Corporal Perkins, Karen Chouhan, Salma Yaqoob, Greg Philo, George Monbiot, Judith Brown, Anna Wagstaff, Billy Bragg, Tim Brighouse, Kathleen McCann, Teresa Munby, Anna Cheetham, Bruce Kent, Lindis Percy,
Professor Francis Steward, Jean Lambert, Caroline Lucas, Tim Gorringe, Eithne McNulty, Michael Mansfield QC, Frieder Otto Wolf, Grace Scrimgeour, Stephen Marks, Fran Bennett, Tariq Ali, Helen Morgan, Mark Chadwick, Ken Coates, Mike Woodin, Bill Morris, Ken Livingstone.
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On
17 May 1649,
three soldiers were executed on Oliver Cromwell’s orders
in Burford churchyard, Oxfordshire. They belonged to a movement
popularly known as the Levellers, with beliefs in civil
rights and religious tolerance.
During
the Civil War, the Levellers fought on Parliament’s
side, they had at first seen Cromwell as a liberator, but
now saw him as a dictator. They were prepared to fight against
him for their ideals and he was determined to crush them.
Over 300 of them were captured by Cromwell’s troops
and locked up in Burford church. Three were led out into
the churchyard to be shot as ringleaders.
In
1975, members of the WEA Oxford
Industrial Branch went to Burford to reclaim a piece
of history that seemed to be missing from the school books.
They held a meeting in remembrance of the Leveller soldiers.
The following year, Tony Benn came and read in the church
and in each succeeding year, people have come to Burford
on the Saturday nearest to 17 May, debated, held a procession,
listened to music and remembered the Levellers and the importance
of holding on to ideals of justice and democracy.
Sorry,
no dogs allowed except for guide dogs.
LEVELLERS'
DAY is a non-profit
making event
organised by the Levellers’ Day Committee,
affiliated to the WEA (Workers’ Education
Association) reg. charity no. 1112775
