libcom.org is an online platform featuring a variety of
libertarian communist
Anarcho-communism, also known as anarchist communism, (or, colloquially, ''ancom'' or ''ancomm'') is a political philosophy and anarchist school of thought that advocates communism. It calls for the abolition of private property but retains resp ...
essays, blog posts, and archives, primarily in English. It was founded in 2005 by editors in the
United States
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and the
United Kingdom
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. Libcom.org also has a forum and social media features including the ability to comment on post and upload original articles. In contrast with traditional archives,
anarchist
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessari ...
ic archival practices embrace "use as preservation", making use of digital technology to host niche political material in online repositories like Libcom.org.
The site was launched in 2003 originally as enrager.net, but changed its name in 2005 to the present name libcom.org, short for libertarian communism.
The enrager.net web collective was a splinter of the London group inside the Anarchist Youth Network, an organization founded in 2002 by two members of the
Anarchist Federation.
See also
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Spunk Library
The Spunk Library (also known as Spunk Press) was an anarchist Internet archive. The name "spunk" was chosen for the term's meaning in Swedish ("anything we want it to mean"), English ("courage or spirit"), and Australian ("an attractive person") ...
, a defunct anarchist web archive (1992–2002)
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Anarchy Archives
Dana Ward is a professor emeritus of Political Studies at Pitzer College, where he founded and maintains the Anarchy Archives and where he taught from 1982 through 2012. He was the Executive Director of The International Society of Political Psycho ...
, an online research center on the history and theory of anarchism founded in 1995
References
External links
Official website
Anarchist websites
Discipline-oriented digital libraries
Internet properties established in 2003
Online archives
Political Internet forums
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