The History of Timekeeping (Radio Edit)
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Resisting the Tyranny of the Clock
Throughout history, people have resisted the control of clocks, dating back to the resistance against public sundials in ancient Rome. Marshal Boudin's 1894 bombing attempt at the Greenwich Royal Observatory was a symbolic act against centralized control and hierarchical order, aiming to stop the world's first clock showing official Greenwich mean time. This resistance has been observed in various groups, including factory workers in Europe, labourers in Africa, anti-colonialists in India, nationalists in Ireland, and enslaved workers in the American South.
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