On Memorial Day weekend, 2014, plant vegetable gardens on public lands in your town. Sing “The Digger’s Song” and advocate for the following three demands with signs and fliers:



Guaranteed minimum income

Remapping Debate

Instant runoff voting-Voters rank candidates to support third parties

Fair Vote

“Voting with Dollars”-Voters receive a small fund (~$50) to donate to any campaign they wish

Wikipedia Article

Connect with other activists in your town in the comments! I will maintain another post with a list of confirmed diggings

In 1649, Garrard Winstanley founded the True Levellers movement (a.k.a. the Diggers). The Diggers planted vegetables and pulled down enclosures on common land in England. They founded their movement on a biblical passage:

Acts 4:32, Today’s English Version: “The group of believers was one in mind and heart. No one said that any of his belongings was his own, but they all shared with one another everything they had.”

“Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures of the Earth from others, that these may beg or starve in a fruitful land; or was it made to preserve all her children?”

-Gerrard Winstanley, The New Law of Righteousness, 1649

The Digger’s Song:

Song:

Lyrics:

Logistical Note: Be Respectful! Don’t leave dirt everywhere, start small, and assign responsibility for caring for the garden. A pile of dirt, weeds, and a bunch of dead plants would go against the spirit of the movement.

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