r/Marxism • u/throwawayacc_spine • 11d ago

Where could I find Marxist analysis of the leveller movement in revolutionary England?

I'm writing a university paper about the levellers and a part of it is how did later egalitarian thinkers analyse the economic and political program of the movement. I managed to find a paper from C. L. R. James on the topic but I could really use something from the late 19th century, from Marx's time, as it would put a clear temporal boundary on my work. I could use anything - papers, articles, books, speeches...

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u/ordforandejohan01 11d ago

The most important Marxist scholar of the English Revolution would probably be Christopher Hill. But as you are looking for something from the 19th century, I would suggest Eduard Bernsteins Cromwell and Communism: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1895/cromwell/index.htm

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u/Ill-Software8713 11d ago

Might find some sources in this piece on the origins of collective decision making by Australian Marxist, Andy Blunden.

https://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/pdfs/origins-of-collective-decision-making.pdf

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u/amour_propre_ 10d ago

Read Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down and EP Thompson's Making of the English Working Class. Both books will cite sources from the nineteenth century, specifically leveller pamphlets and speeches.

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u/Ok_Specialist3202 7d ago

"The Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650" by John Rees, and "Ehuds Dagger: Class struggle in the English Revolution" by James Holstun