Anti-Tech Resistance
Anti-Tech Organization
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Anti-Tech Resistance (ATR) is a radical anti-tech movement that views the technological system as incompatible with wild nature, human nature, and freedom. The movement calls for the destruction of the technological system and then a re-adoption of pre-industrial technology.[1] ATR states they are an above-ground movement[2] and they only known to have engaged in legal forms of activism.[3]
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ATR was founded in France in 2022. Most of the membership is based in Europe, and most of their actions are as well.[4] They do have forms of international recruitment and often promote their message to an international audience.[5]
Beliefs
Much of the ideology ATR posses stems from Ted Kaczynski (also known as The Unabomber) and his books Anti-Tech Revolution: Why & How,[6][7][8] as well as Technological Slavery.[9][10][11][12] The movement aims to destroy the technological system, which they define as the web of interconnected and interrelated technologies built following the first industrial revolution. ATR views the technological system as a threat to both the planet and people.[13]
They argue that revolution against the technological system is the only viable means of averting catastrophic damage to wild nature and human freedom. The movement argues that technology is not neutral[14] and that reform of the technological system is not possible,[15] necessitating a revolution against the technological system that will cause a cascading failure of industrial technology.[16]
ATR maintains a non-partisan position that some have claimed is intended to blur ATR’s real intentions. ATR has defended this approach as necessary to focus only on destroying the technological system.[17]
Tactics
The movement often posts communication material online in the form of articles and social media posts to promote anti-tech ideas in an online space.[18] ATR also conducts various workshops,[19] conferences,[20] and debates.[21] They are also known to have partaken in disruptive action inside France.[22]
Actions
On November 20, 2024, ATR blockaded the European Cyber Week event that was being held in Rennes.[23] In a press release, the movement vocalized opposition to the European Cyber Week for its support of both military and civil applications of AI.[24]
In February 2025, ATR organized a counter-summit in anticipation of the 2025 AI Action Summit in Paris.[25] They also disrupted another AI counter-summit[26] that had been organized by Éric Sadin.[27] They criticized the AI Action Summit for aiding in the development of the technological system and the AI counter-summit because of a controversial decision to invite the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, whom ATR accused of actually being a pro-AI technocrat.[28] Following this, she canceled her talk at the AI counter-summit.[29]
During the 2025 ChangeNow summit that took place in April, ATR disrupted summit proceedings on the 26th,[30] and they attacked the summit for allegedly offering reformist and fake solutions that won’t wont impact the pace of environmental destruction.[31]
In September 2025, ATR took part in the Bloquons Tout ( English: “Block everything”) movement.[32] They also participated in the following blockades that occurred on the 18th later that month.[33]
In November 2025, ATR participated in a demonstration against the United Kingdom’s efforts to create a digital identity system.[34] They also held a conference the day after the protest, arguing that people are trapped in an inhumane technological environment and that such an environment should be destroyed.[35]
Criticism
ATR has been criticized in France by left-leaning political and environmental groups, as well as communist and some anarchist groups, for allegedly being reactionary[36] and essentialist.[37]
Anti-fascist groups have also criticized the movement, accusing ATR of lacking an intersectional approach, which they claim a movement must have.[38]