The Levellers were one of multiple groups seeking to reform politics during the power vacuum of the English Civil War in the 17th century. Their campaigning tactics and participation in the Putney Debates of 1647 sought to push forward radical new ideas, many of which we'd recognise today as basic democratic freedoms. But first, they had to break through against the dictatorial tendencies of Oliver Cromwell.
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