Enoch’s Press

enoch’s press is a small zine publishing house focused on publishing works aimed to strengthening comunities on non-heirarchal principles and mutual aid.

why the name?
as England was industrializing at the turn of the 19th century, talented artisans and weavers were being replaced by cheaper, steam-powered machines, which produced lower quality works while endangering the livelihoods of hundreds of workers for the sake of automated industry. followers of Ludd began to organize and break looms by smashing them in an act of collective bargaining for better working conditions. as the movement spread, Britain dispatched more than 10,000 troops to violently suppress the Luddites. show trials were conducted against more prominent followers of Ludd, in an attempt to shock and awe other followers into submission.

loom breaking is still punishable by death in England.

one of the hammers used by the Luddites was named Enoch.