An agitator at a political demonstration in France.

Agitator is a term for a person that actively supports some ideology or movement with speeches and especially actions. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2605x2277, 1560 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Agitator First Employment Contract ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2605x2277, 1560 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Agitator First Employment Contract ...

Over the centuries, the term agitator has had various meanings. In ancient world it referred to a charioteer. For the torpedo-shaped underwater vehicle ridden by two frogmen, sometimes referred to as a chariot, see Human torpedo. ...

English Agitators

In the English-speaking world, the term first referred to men who were elected to present complaints of in army soldiers, including the New Model Army of Oliver Cromwell, during the English Civil War. They were also known as adjutators. The New Model Army became the best known of the various Parliamentarian armies in the English Civil War. ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ...

The practice begun in 1647 when the Long Parliament wanted to either disband the armies or send them to Ireland. Soldiers did not appreciate that and eight of the cavalry regiments elected representatives they called commissioners, who presented the soldiers' complaints, including the fact that their payments were eight weeks late. In April 3, 1647 their letter was read in the House of Commons. // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by Charles I, in 1640, following the Bishops Wars. ... Kircholm, a 1925 painting by Wojciech Kossak. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ...

Other units followed suit and foot soldiers elected agitators who presented the declaration of the army. Officers supported them and co-signed their declaration. Cromwell and others promised payment.

Before the generals could return to London, parliament again decided to disband the army and settled June 1 as the date that would happen. Agitators resisted, soldiers of one regiment mutinied and refused to disband. In a conference on Thriplow Heath agitators demanded that the troops would march to London and "purge" the House of Commons. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...

Later Levellers adopted many of the Agitator's ideas. The Levellers were a mid 17th century English political party, who came to prominence during the English Civil Wars. ...

Negative sense

The term was first used in negative sense about those who supported Irish Home rule and eventual independence, especially Daniel O'Connell. Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ... Daniel OConnell Daniel OConnell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), known as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was Irelands predominant political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century who championed the cause of the down-trodden catholic population. ...

Currently the term usually refers to those who agitate for sedition, rebellion or insurrection or perform agitprop. Sedition is a deprecated term of law to refer to covert conduct such as speech and organization that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. ... Look up rebellion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Insurrection could refer to: * in a general sense, it means Rebellion * it is also a title of a Star Trek film, see Star Trek: Insurrection ... Agitprop poster by Vladimir Mayakovsky. ...