Conventional history tends to either overlook the eruptions that occur in political and everyday life, or reduce them to a misguided reaction to hard times resulting from a lack of leadership. This book sets the record straight by documenting the key events of social upheaval in world history. From the Cynics and Spartacus, through the Levellers, Diggers and Ranters right up to the Watts riots and much more, here are wild stories of people taking control rather than asking for reform.