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I found the Chartist movement (1838-1848) for workers rights and political reform to be interesting and historically significant. I noticed that this movement took place at the same time Karl Marx was writing his extremely influential works about workers rights. The members of this movement were ahead of most in their time in their stance on social/political rights and made the effort to bring change without using violence. They were so well-organized, they received up to 5 million signatures for some of their petitions. It's unfortunate that they were unable to make any real progress and chose to disband after a decade- a testament to the corruption of England's government at the time. -Brad Barrick
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Bradley Barrick said
at 9:53 pm on Feb 8, 2009
I found the Chartist movement (1838-1848) for workers rights and political reform to be interesting and historically significant. I noticed that this movement took place at the same time Karl Marx was writing his extremely influential works about workers rights. The members of this movement were ahead of most in their time in their stance on social/political rights and made the effort to bring change without using violence. They were so well-organized, they received up to 5 million signatures for some of their petitions. It's unfortunate that they were unable to make any real progress and chose to disband after a decade- a testament to the corruption of England's government at the time. -Brad Barrick
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