Marek Torčík: Jaké formy odporu ještě fungují
1. English Translation
Marek Torčík: What forms of resistance still work
In March 1811, hundreds of textile workers gathered in Nottinghamshire, England. They protested against low wages and unbearable working conditions. They opposed new machines that took away their livelihood and produced goods that threatened their craft with below-average quality. That evening, some protesters in the town of Arnold broke into a factory and destroyed several knitting machines.
In the following months, similar actions spread to other parts of England. The workers began to call themselves Luddites, after…
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