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A group of Neo-Luddites working on Linux, using a network of systems to solve problems that interest them.
http://luddite.net/

A brief summary of New Luddites, including their beliefs and their history.
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~socs203/luddites.htm

Offers resources and readings on the Neo-Luddite movement.
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/luddite.html

Opinion piece by T.J. Snaith.
http://www.i-resign.com/uk/workinglife/viewarticle_26.asp

Essay by novelist Thomas Pynchon that discusses the history of the Luddite movement and the many ways it has resurfaced throughout the years. Reprinted from The New York Times Book Review.
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_luddite.html

An indie rock/punk/folk band formed by Neo-Luddites in Boston, Massachusetts.
http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/The_Luddite_Syndrome/

A list of books, websites, and ways to embody Neo-Luddite beliefs.
http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/~terry/luddite.html

Dispatch in Slate Magazine.
http://slate.msn.com/id/28402

Short manifesto explaining the history of the Luddites and dispelling the popular belief that Neo-Luddites are technophobes.
http://www.activevr.com/ltw/bio_luddite.htm

Articles by Bill Joy, Kirkpatrick Sale, John Zerzan, Langdon Winner and other Luddish theorists.
http://www.sniggle.net/ludd.php

Personal weblog of a Luddite.
http://www.ludditology.com