Police stop protesters raiding GM wheat fields - Irish Times
27 May 2012, 6:25 pm
But first they sang in praise of the luddites, the early 19th century group of English textile workers who destroyed newly invented spinning looms. The English organisers, Take the Flour Back, had pledged to destroy the crop of spring wheat that is now ...

Though Greens sometimes get their science wrong, they're better than most - The Guardian
26 May 2012, 1:44 am
Ignoring those concerns and calling them "luddites" just doesn't work. Perhaps this is why scientists are failing to get faster action on climate change.

Social media clampdown during the Olympic Games - France 24
25 May 2012, 4:33 pm
We trawl the web to get the low-down on the ministers in France's new cabinet, playing rue89's version of "Guess Who" while the French press separated the "twitterati" from the luddites among the new recruits.

Why First Class Customer Service Is The Key To Social Media Success [INFOGRAPHIC] - Mediabistro.com
24 May 2012, 7:01 am
These and other findings were unveiled in a recent study by American Express, and this information has now been packaged together in this infographic by REV Media Marketing. * Politely known as “luddites”.

Man vs. Machine: Will Human Workers Become Obsolete? - NewsHour
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
the historian Suetonius reports him to have said. The most famous anti-automatons were England's 19th century luddites, who sabotaged the textile machinery that was displacing them. But instead of grinding to a halt, technology simply switched ...

Roger Goodell wants Wi-Fi in every stadium - YAHOO!
23 May 2012, 12:39 pm
But not because it's going to replicate what it's like to watch a game at home ‒ that's impossible ‒ but because it's 2012 and so few of us are luddites. I think the commissioner is going the wrong way on this one. You're not going to compete with my ...

Mychal Wilmes: Some things are easily forgotten by luddites - Post-Bulletin
22 May 2012, 1:45 pm
Life isn't easy for a modern-day Luddite. Among his heroes are the 19th century English workers who destroyed a labor-saving knitting frame not only to protect their jobs but to protest out-of-control technology. The dawn of the computer age ...

How could technology change theatre criticism for good? - The Guardian
17 May 2012, 10:52 am
Myriad possibilities are there, but it seems we're slow to adopt them. This is not to dismiss all theatre writers as luddites. Some bloggers and critics are embracing the possibilities of digital criticism and experiments are beginning to take shape.

MP Barry Sheerman wants Luddite memorial - Huddersfield Examiner
17 May 2012, 5:08 am
AN MP has called for a permanent memorial to the luddites. Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman has made the plea in an Early Day Motion to the Commons. And the MP believes the 200th anniversary of the workers’ movement, which has strong links to Huddersfield ...

200-year-old horse chestnut tree that survived Zeppelin raid and riots facing the chop at hands of property developers - Daily Mail
2 May 2012, 3:38 am
It has survived the strife of two world wars, including a bombing attack from a German Zeppelin, and the attention of rioting luddites in the early 19th century. Yet this grand horse chestnut tree is now facing perhaps the toughest test in its 200-year ...