December
21
/ 2022
Historically Luddites have gotten a bad wrap since the use of the word exploded as a belittling term for clumsy “Neanderthal technophobes” in the 1960s. Unfortunately for the Luddites, the way its used today is a misrepresentation, downplaying their legacy as one of the precursors to trade unionism. So, who were they really? Well, it seems that Robin Hood wasn’t the only heroic outlaw based out of Sherwood Forest. The Luddites were an organized group of weavers-turned-guerilla activists in Nottingham, who took the name of a (probably) fictional character known as King Ludd, with a supposed base camp in Sherwood Forest. While there is no evidence for his existence, some historians believe he was actually Ned Ludd, a weaver who
