John Tam, “The Luddite Lament,” 2011 CE.
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When new mechanized looms drastically reduced pay and employment for Britain’s once-prosperous skilled textile workers, armed groups of handloom weavers--organized in the name of a mythical ‘Ned Ludd’--began destroying the new equipment. This BBC Radio documentary tells the story of the Luddite movement through its songs.
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