Diggers
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Oct 25, 2026
Margaret KilljoyGUEST
I was like, oh, I know who it is.
Margaret KilljoyGUEST
Because you all brought up the Diggers as an example.
Margaret KilljoyGUEST
But I would argue...
Margaret KilljoyGUEST
The Diggers, a movement that actually barely did anything actually, but they left a huge mark on history.
Margaret KilljoyGUEST
During the anti-enclosure movement and then specifically during the English Civil War, there were these people who were like, we believe basically in sort of a Christian communism.
Margaret KilljoyGUEST
They were like, we believe in the leveling of society that has been promised to us by the kingdom of heaven.
Margaret KilljoyGUEST
Go like live there, right? That was like a common thing across most of the world in various places.
Margaret KilljoyGUEST
And that was enclosed during the Middle Ages.
Miranda MelcherHOST
We've also got the diggers.
Miranda MelcherHOST
What are they doing?
Teresa BejanGUEST
I remember being a grad student trying to work out, you know, trying to master all of these great early modern sectarian labels, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Quakers, the Muggletonians, the, you know, there's these great lists.
Teresa BejanGUEST
But yeah, in one chapter in the book, I really focus on the Digger movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
And the Diggers are remembered today primarily as, you know, the true egalitarians in the 17th century.
Teresa BejanGUEST
So they were... often elevated by Marxist historians in the 20th century as basically being a kind of indigenous communist movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
So an indigenous English communist movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
I emphasize that, you know, you sort of got onto this a bit in your question, because in other ways they look different.
Miranda MelcherHOST
We've also got the diggers.
Miranda MelcherHOST
What are they doing?
Teresa BejanGUEST
I remember being a grad student trying to work out, you know, trying to master all of these great early modern sectarian labels, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Quakers, the Muggletonians, the, you know, there's these great lists.
Teresa BejanGUEST
But yeah, in one chapter in the book, I really focus on the Digger movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
And the Diggers are remembered today primarily as, you know, the true egalitarians in the 17th century.
Teresa BejanGUEST
So they were... often elevated by Marxist historians in the 20th century as basically being a kind of indigenous communist movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
So an indigenous English communist movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
What the Diggers are doing, the digging they're doing, is primarily on St. George's Hill in Surrey.
Miranda MelcherHOST
We've also got the diggers.
Miranda MelcherHOST
What are they doing?
Teresa BejanGUEST
I remember being a grad student trying to work out, you know, trying to master all of these great early modern sectarian labels, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Quakers, the Muggletonians, the, you know, there's these great lists.
Teresa BejanGUEST
But yeah, in one chapter in the book, I really focus on the Digger movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
And the Diggers are remembered today primarily as, you know, the true egalitarians in the 17th century.
Teresa BejanGUEST
So they were... often elevated by Marxist historians in the 20th century as basically being a kind of indigenous communist movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
So an indigenous English communist movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
What the Diggers are doing, the digging they're doing, is primarily on St. George's Hill in Surrey.
Miranda MelcherHOST
So we've got Levellers.
Miranda MelcherHOST
We've also got the Diggers.
Miranda MelcherHOST
What are they doing?
Teresa BejanGUEST
I remember being a grad student trying to work out, you know, trying to, to, to master all of these great early modern sectarian labels, the Levellers, the Diggers, the Quakers, the Muggletonians, the, the Ranter- You know, there's these great lists.
Teresa BejanGUEST
Um, but yeah, in the, i- in one chapter in the book, I really focus on the Digger movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
Um, and the Diggers are remembered today primarily as, you know, the true egalitarians in the 17th century.
Teresa BejanGUEST
So they were, um, uh, often elevated by Marxist historians in the 20th century as basically being a kind of indigenous communist movement, so an indigenous, indigenous English communist movement.
Teresa BejanGUEST
What the Diggers are doing, the digging they're doing, is, um, primarily on St. George's Hill, um, in Surrey.