{"product_id":"law-of-freedom-in-a-platform-or-true-magistracy-restored-and-the-true-levellers-standard-advanced-paperback-9781849028592","title":"Law of Freedom in a Platform, or True Magistracy Restored and the True Levellers Standard Advanced (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason, made the Earth to be a Common Treasury, to preserve Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Man, the lord that was to govern this Creation; for Man had Domination given to him, over the Beasts, Birds, and Fishes; but not one word was spoken in the beginning, That one branch of mankind should rule over another.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Gerrard Winstanley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerrard Winstanley\u003c\/strong\u003e, (1609-1676) was the leader of a agrarian socialist community known as the Diggers, who in 1649-50 cultivated common land on St. George's Hill, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was opposed to the enclosure of land, and to hierarchical power structures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue Levellers Standard Advanced\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Winstanley presents his philosophy; a key element is that the Earth is the common treasury of all people, and that no group naturally ruled over another. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Law of Freedom in a Platform\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (1652) is his outline of a communist society. He is remembered more for his thought and writing than the immediate impact of his actions. He is often called the first socialist or the first anarchist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Benediction Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557180870930,"sku":"9781849028592","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a1175c9-e50b-4e48-96be-ae5ec22ed43a.jpg?v=1731774045","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/law-of-freedom-in-a-platform-or-true-magistracy-restored-and-the-true-levellers-standard-advanced-paperback-9781849028592","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}