Ludd

In the Berry profile, for the section that included mention of the unfair modern-day reception of Ned Ludd and the Luddite movement, I had proposed the subtitle, "You Give Ludd a Bad Name."

Mark Engler: The Luddites Revisited Mark Engler 2011

Over at Smithsonian, Richard Conniff writes of that movement, which was led by a fictional commander named "General" Ned Ludd:

Mark Engler: The Luddites Revisited Mark Engler 2011

If we don't want to become, as Carlyle warned, "mechanical in head and in heart," it may help, every now and then, to ask which of our modern machines General and Eliza Ludd would choose to break.

Mark Engler: The Luddites Revisited Mark Engler 2011

“The rioters assumed the name of Luddites and acted under the authority of an imaginary Captain Ludd.”

The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Are you a Luddite if you’re not on Twitter? 2010

Ludd edged away, muttering apologies heard by no one but himself.

THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

They played three rounds, long enough to force out the handful of honest players at their table and for even dim-witted Ludd to realize that something was wrong.

THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

The Chief Officers are reported to have described Mr Lucas as “Ian Ned Ludd Lucas”, talked about MPs being parachuted into Wales and suggested Mr Lucas was “purporting to represent people” during a discussion filmed for a BBC documentary to be shown tonight.

Archive 2008-02-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

As if we are twenty impossibles in Ludd, Ramlah, and Jalil...

Monday, March 31, 2008 As'ad 2008

From the poem Here, We are Staying by Palestinian poet Tawfiq Zayyad my translation: As if we are twenty impossibles in Ludd, Ramlah, and Jalil

Monday, March 31, 2008 As'ad 2008

Between 1812 and 1814, groups proclaiming allegiance to a legendary King Ludd risked (and in some cases lost) their lives by wielding hammer and hatchet against modern looms that moved cloth production into inhumane factories.

The Luddites Are Back 2008