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..
Reds On The Green - A Short Tour of Clerkenwell Radicalism
This text is a short sketch of the radical history of the Clerkenwell area, its characters and events.
Chatterton, Dan and his 'Atheistic Communistic Scorcher' - Andrew Whitehead
Submitted by Red Marriott on Aug 31 2006 19:02
Communist atheist pamphleteer, bill poster, slum dweller, early birth control advocate, fierce public ranter; Dan Chatterton is one of the most fascinating and undeservably obscure characters of the London radical scene in the second half of the 19th century.
Obituary for Dan Chatterton, 1820-1895
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 27 2003 14:38
Obituary for British anarchist Dan Chatterton, who died in 1895
