R.O.A.D.T.I.P. – Radical Overview About Ditching Technology In-Person!

Join us as the NYC Luddites share how they organized the Summer of Ludd (SoL) in June – July of 2026: 8 days, 150 events, free lunch for 250 people a day, no permits, in a historic heatwave, all organized without social media! SoL included a plurality of events, from radical puppet theater, to teach-ins on Data Center resistance, to jamborees, and workshops for divesting from Big Tech.

Come learn about how they did this and how the Luddite critique can help us make sense of the AI bubble, alienation, and the surveillance state. This movement is historically grounded in the Luddites of the 1810’s who resisted “machines hurtful to commonality, which tear unduly at the social fabric.” As tech billionaires tear at the social fabric around us, Luddites ask, “how can we rebuild it?”

This presentation will include: organizing tactics for reclaiming public space, structures for large-scale projects, digital security + organizing without relying on platforms, tactical playfulness, and base-building for a popular movement against Big Tech.

This event is FREE, PUBLIC, & PARTICIPATORY!

As we like to say in NYC The Event is the Medium! Summer of Ludd has been covered in publications such as Wired, The Economist, and 404 Media.