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Freedom 2 Measure
Criticizes metrication as globalist and un-American; provides arguments for the superiority of the English-American system over the metric and links to related sites.

Sunderland Metric Martyrs
Defense fund for Steve Thoburn and Neil Herron, who were prosecuted under British law for using imperial measurements. Provides background, related cases, and links.

Save the Pint
Opposes compulsory adoption of the metric system in Britain; online petition and a collection of news and opinion articles.

British Weights and Measures Association (BWMA)
Group which lobbies and promotes English/imperial weights and measures, and opposes compulsory conversion to the metric system. Includes news, position papers about the history of metrication and its impact on consumers and merchants, discussion forum, and related links.

Presidential campaign could use some anti-metric mania
Column by neoconservative columnist Jonah Goldberg on Tesco's decision to restore imperial weights and measures, and on metrication as an ideological tool of the EU and WTO.

Salish Indians Against the Metric System (SIAMS)
Criticizes Canada's imposition of metric measurements on its aboriginal peoples.

English Weights and Measures
History, current usage, and listing of units and conversions; comparison of English and American measurements; descriptions of collectible weights; external links and anti-metrication resources.

British Weights and Measures Association: Footrule
Provides general articles, membership information, sponsors, and newsletter archives of the BWMA.

Ockham's Razor: Trouble with the Metric System
An interview with University of Queensland professor Arthur Marcel on the advantages of the imperial method of measurement over the metric, and on the failures of the metric system in Australia.

Inch Perfect
An assortment of articles asserting the superiority of British weights and measures to the French decimal system, including nineteenth century sources.

Science: Reference: Units of Measurement