The Diggers’ Green Roots
During the English Civil War, a band of radicals set out to make the world a common treasury. But the Diggers weren’t just pioneering socialists — they were forerunners of the environmental movement too.
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Rebecca Tamás
Rebecca Tamás is a poet and lecturer in creative writing at York St. John University. Her new book, Strangers, is out now on Makina Books.
The Diggers’ Green Roots
During the English Civil War, a band of radicals set out to make the world a common treasury. But the Diggers weren’t just pioneering socialists – they were forerunners of the environmental movement too.