libcom.org
libcom.org is an online platform featuring a variety of libertarian communist essays, blog posts, and archives, primarily in English. It was founded in 2005 by editors in the United States and the United Kingdom. Libcom.org also has a forum and social media features including the ability to comment on post and upload original articles.[3] In contrast with traditional archives, anarchistic archival practices embrace "use as preservation", making use of digital technology to host niche political material in online repositories like Libcom.org.[4]
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Type of site | Anarchist website |
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| Available in | English, with some non-English content |
| URL | libcom |
| Launched | 26 September 2003[1] |
| Current status | Online |
Content licence | Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5[2] |
According to Libcom.org, it was launched in 2003 originally as enrager.net, but changed its name in 2005 to the present name libcom.org, a portmanteau of libertarian communism.[5]
See also
- Spunk Library - A now defunct anarchist web archive that was active from 1992 through to 2002.
- Anarchy Archives - An online research center on the history and theory of anarchism founded in 1995.
References
- "libcom.org: 10 years of class struggle online". libcom.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- "legal notes". libcom.org. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- Croeser, Sky (2018). "Rethinking networked solidarity". Social media materialities and protest : critical reflections. Mette Mortensen, Christina Neumayer, Thomas Poell. Abingdon, Oxon. pp. 28–41. ISBN 978-1-138-09306-5. OCLC 1012345327.
- Cornell, Andrew (2019). "Archival Parties and Parties to the Archive: Creating and Recovering Anarchist Resistance Culture at the Interference Archive". American Periodicals: A Journal of History & Criticism. 29 (1): 21–25. ISSN 1548-4238.
- "libcom.org: 10 years of class struggle online". libcom.org. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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