General Ludd News Today

Kyle Chayka writes about Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” on Luddism’s advocacy for the rights of workers in the face of automation.

Brian Merchant aims to rebrand a term that unfairly implies cluelessness about technology.

The Gallows Pole TV series shows the reality of people who fought back against poverty and risked death to feed their families.

Lots of Bank holidays in May, which means A LOT of Sunday night’s out. May’s top picks include Lena Wilikens, DJ Bone, Anz, and Viscerale.

April sees A LOT of Birthdays including Lezure, Eutony, and Loose Joints, and we also see the start of festival season with Terminal V.

THE answer, my friend, is buzzing in your pouch … if you are attending any of Bob Dylan’s UK concerts in the next few months, this line may be…

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A brief overview of the Luddite movement: militant textile workers in the UK who fought against job losses and deskilling brought about by the industrialisation of the industry.

Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Transition to Biden “Biden confronts the limits of his executive power” [Politico]. “It’s an elaborately planned slate of actions designed to highlight his efforts to shore up th...

Blood for Blood says General Ludd Chant no more your old rhymes about bold Robin Hood, His feats I but little admire, I will sing the Achievements of General Ludd Now the Hero of Nottinghamshire Brave Ludd was to measures of violence unused Till his sufferings became so severe That at last to defend his own Interest he rous’d And for the great work did prepare. Ned Ludd, aka Captain, General or King Ludd, first turned up as part of a Nottingham protest in November 1811, and was soon on the mo...