William Morris

Useful work, beautiful life

Craft, nature and socialism entwined.

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The Arts-and-Crafts visionary whose 'News from Nowhere' imagined a decentralised, post-industrial socialism rooted in craft, nature and the dignity of work — a Victorian ancestor of eco-socialism.

social

Romantic progressive uniting art, nature and labour.

economic

Against industrial drudgery; craft, common ownership and beauty.

governance

Decentralised, federated socialism close to anarchism.

Notable for

'News from Nowhere'
Arts and Crafts movement
Founded the Socialist League

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