Chatterton, Dan autobiography
Submitted by Red Marriott on Mar 30 2010 22:44
Written a few years before he died, Chatterton describes his time as a lifelong London working class radical and revolutionist.
No God, No Devil. No Heaven, No Hell - Dan Chatterton, The Scorcher (1894)
Submitted by Red Marriott on Mar 30 2010 22:26
Chatterton's call for an end to religion, the abolition of Monarchy, Parliament, "the entire monetary system" and for "Building the Commune, in the Freedom of Co-operative Community". For those ruling class members who object, the option is offered of "a nine foot drop". Vive La Commune.
The abolition of the queen, lords and commons - Dan Chatterton, The Scorcher
Submitted by Red Marriott on Mar 30 2010 22:10
Addressed to the Prime Minister of the day - Chatterton's Communist programme for overthrowing the ruling class; abolition of Royalty, Houses of Lords and Commons; disbanding of Army, Navy and Police forces and an end to Imperialist rule abroad; to be achieved, if necessary, by bloody guerilla war; the establishment of a People's Commune implementing one hour's work a day for all..
