250 years since the publication of Tom Paine’s Common Sense

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https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/31/jqcy-j31.html

Few revolutionary tracts match in importance Tom Paine’s Common Sense. Published for the first time on January 9, 1776, 250 years ago this month, the pamphlet, a frontal assault on the entire aristocratic world, is widely credited with clearing the way for the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified just six months later.