Robert Owen and William Thompson – Two Line Struggle – Two Views on Socialism by Nickglais

November 17th is the birth date of Robert Owen the 19th Century Welsh Social Thinker, so it is appropriate to look at his legacy.

Robert Owen was born in Newton a small market town in Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1771. 

He was the sixth of seven children. His father, also named Robert Owen, had a small business as a saddler and ironmonger. 

Owen’s mother was a Miss Williams, and came from one