Victorian Agitator

<p>Holyoake was a classic example of Gramsci's working-class 'organic intellectual'. An Owenite 'social missionary' he became a Radical Liberal Secularist and Co-operator responsible for the legend of '<span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(85 85 85 1)>Holyoake was a classic example of Gramsci's working-class 'organic intellectual'. An Owenite 'social missionary' he became a Radical Liberal Secularist and Co-operator responsible for the legend of 'the Rochdale Pioneers'. A journalist thinker multiple 'joiner' and promoter of freedom in many settings Holyoake was also a highly-readable stylist. An influential 19th century public figure his life and work have recently been neglected among co-operators as by well historians. The case for reviving work on his ideas is powerful. </span>he Rochdale Pioneers'.</p>