# Reclaiming the Levellers from Socialism

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/videos/reclaiming-levellers-socialism>

**By** Stephen Davies

**Published:** July 15, 1984

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Stephen Davies shares the history of the Levellers, a group of radical individualists in 17th century England.

Stephen Davies is currently education director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and a program officer at the Institute for Humane Studies. Previously he was a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University.

In this lecture from the second World Convention of the Libertarian International in 1984, Davies shares the history of the Levellers, a political movement during the English Civil War that espoused radical individualism, equality before the law, and religious tolerance. He also takes questions from the audience.