Remembering the Chartists
The Chartist movement shows the enormous struggle it’s taken to secure democratic rights — and how far we have yet to go.
Sean Monahan is an activist in the Democratic Socialists of America and studies political science at Brown University.
The Chartist movement shows the enormous struggle it’s taken to secure democratic rights — and how far we have yet to go.
Though embraced by the likes of Glenn Beck, Thomas Paine was the American Revolution’s most radical figure.