It became a rendezvous of radical intellectuals and artists of Calcutta, including those with extreme left sympathies.
Refugees including liberal and radical intellectuals dissatisfied with the monarchist regime moved to the UK at this time.
One obituary described Widgery as "a radical humanist intellectual on permanent loan to revolutionary socialism."
Mkwananzi is viewed by many as a radical intellectual who sides with the poor especially peasant, workers and the youth.
Intelligent but prankish and unpredictable radical rightwing intellectual.
However, it was seen as a moderate party with a flavor for young radical intellectuals and socialists.
He often organised cultural events which had the local youth as their focal point and were attended by radical intellectuals of the time.
Gathering their support from the radical intellectuals and the urban working class, they advocated complete social, economic and political revolution.
A new opposition movement among radical intellectuals began after 1865.
This became a significant regional party which represented radical intellectuals and peasants from the south.