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Engraving of Ned Ludd, Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Ned Ludd (/ n ɛ d l ʌ d /) [1] is the legendary person to whom the Luddites attributed the name of their movement. [2]In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage.
[1] [2] Members of the group referred to themselves as Luddites, self-described followers of "Ned Ludd", a legendary weaver whose name was used as a pseudonym in threatening letters to mill owners and government officials. [3] The Luddite movement began in Nottingham, England, and spread to the North West and Yorkshire between 1811 and 1816. [4]
Ned Ludd was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon's King neighborhood, in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Established in 2008, [ 4 ] the restaurant was owned by chef Jason French. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It served Pacific Northwest cuisine .
Ludd can refer to: Ned Ludd, inspiration for the Luddite movement; Lludd Llaw Eraint, figure in Welsh mythology; Nuada, figure in Irish mythology;
"Ned Ludd" is a reworking of a track which was originally part of his stage play The Kid from Silicon Gulch; taking its name from Ned Ludd who inspired the luddite movement in 1811, it deals with Calvert's ambivalent attitude to the impact of new technologies on people's lives.
Neo-Luddism or new Luddism is a philosophy opposing many forms of modern technology. [1] The term Luddite is generally used as a pejorative applied to people showing technophobic leanings. [2]
The Ned Ludd cycle begins with a song about the enclosure movement in Early Modern England, effectively a pastoral ode to pre-industrial England, and then moves on to the plight of the workers who have been displaced by industrialization. The third song is an appeal to the mythical Ned Ludd to destroy the machines and lead the workers in a ...
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