In the 1880s William Morris, the artist and poet famously associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, left the Liberal Party and threw himself into the Socialist cause. He spoke all over the country, on street corners as well as in working men's clubs and lecture halls, and edited and wrote for the Socialist League's monthly newspaper. Signs of Change is a short collection of his talks and writings in this period, first published in 1888, covering such topics as what socialism and work should be, and how capitalism and waste developed. (Summary by Deborah Brabyn)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - How we live and how we might live, part 1
26:36 - Chapter 2
02 - How we live and how we might live, part 2
24:21 - Chapter 3
03 - Whigs, democrats, and socialists
23:04 - Chapter 4
04 - Feudal England
38:58 - Chapter 5
05 - The hopes of civilization, part 1
19:03 - Chapter 6
06 - The hopes of civilization, part 2
26:26 - Chapter 7
07 - The aims of art
34:51 - Chapter 8
08 - Useful work versus useless toil, part 1
26:42 - Chapter 9
09 - Useful work versus useless toil, part 2
21:14 - Chapter 10
10 - Dawn of a new epoch, part 1
23:10 - Chapter 11
11 - Dawn of a new epoch, part 2
19:48