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The legacy of the Levellers as pertinent as ever
LYNNE WALSH reports on this year's Levellers’ Day
PRINCIPLED: (L to R) Commemorative plaque at Burford churchyard, Oxfordshire and Reverend Canon Professor Mark Chapman speaks in memoriam the executed

THE annual commemoration marking Levellers’ Day had to be shifted into cyberspace this year, but the online event was passionate, inspiring and did a grand job in celebrating our revolutionary heroes.

There were rallying speeches, a moment of prayer and reflection, calls to action from contemporary campaigners, and music both rousing and melancholy.

The full day’s programme was curated by a group including the International Brigade Memorial Committee in Oxford and the TUC London East and South East.

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