Left politics and labor / libcom.org Collections
libcom.org Collections
https://libcom.org/collections
Movement documentsTexts of the traditionLabor actionactive
The archive's reading. none stated. The archive reads the tag index as holding writers of anti-party and left-communist tendencies next to strike histories, which would make it an organ for positions the parties lost; the saved text does not state that as its purpose, and the reading waits on its About page.
| Kind | a website's collections index, organised under the tabs Tags, Archives, Authors, Reading guides, Blogs and Galleries |
|---|---|
| Operator | not stated in the saved text; the site's pages are submitted under the account 'libcom', and the About pages saved answered 404 |
| Unit of record | a page (a text, article, biography or gallery) filed under one or more tags; the saved index lists tags |
| What it records | as the saved tag list shows: strikes (the 1926 general strike, the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike, the Flint sit-down strike), movements and organisations (Abahlali baseMjondolo, Anti Fascist Action, the CNT, the civil rights movement, France 1968), and writers (Amadeo Bordiga, Anton Pannekoek, Antonio Negri, CLR James, Emma Goldman, Gilles Dauvé, Guy Debord); related-content blocks on the 404 pages show a Solidarity (London) pamphlet by Cornelius Castoriadis and an article edited from News and Letters |
| Whose record it keeps | writings and accounts of anarchism, strikes and social movements, as the tag list names them; whose record beyond the tag list is not stated in the saved text |
| Who holds it | not stated in the saved text: the About pages answered 404; the index carries Donate and Help out links and a user account (Log in / Register) |
| The losing side | not recorded as a policy; the tag list names writers of tendencies apart from the party traditions (Amadeo Bordiga, Anton Pannekoek, Gilles Dauvé) and the related content carries a pamphlet by Solidarity (London), without the saved text saying how the site treats splits or dissent |
| Method | not stated in the saved text; pages are submitted by site accounts ('Submitted by libcom on October 14, 2006') and carry user comments |
| Coverage | geography: not stated; the tags range from Bangladesh and Egypt to Gwangju, France, Spain, South Africa and the UK; period: not stated; the tags range from the 8-hour day and 1926 to the Black Lives Matter movement and the Grenfell fire |
| Count | value: not stated in the saved text (the tag list ends at 'Load More'); as_of: 2026-10-31 |
| Holdings | a featured and an all-tags index of the collections, cut off at 'Load More' in the saved text; tabs for Archives, Authors, Reading guides, Blogs and Galleries; an Other languages link in the footer |
| Stated limits | on its 404 page: 'libcom.org has been running for several years on a lot of different software, so it's likely the page you want exists, but doesn't live here any more' |
| Data access | public web pages; a user account for registration and comments |
| Licence | not stated in the saved text |
| Lifecycle | state: active; detail: the collections index served on 2026-10-31; the 404 page is dated October 14, 2006 and carries a comment of December 9, 2022; the site states it has run on several kinds of software |
What its record can settle
- which subjects, strikes, organisations and writers the collections are tagged under (as far as the saved index runs)
What it cannot settle
- who runs the site and on what terms (the About pages were unread)
- how many texts the collections hold
- how texts are selected, transcribed or edited
- the licence of the texts
Kept apart
- NOT a library in the saved text's own words: the address /library redirects to /collections
- NOT described in the saved sources as to operator, method or licence
- NOT a dataset of strikes: strikes appear as tags on texts
Evidence
- kind (the resource's own statement):
Collections Primary tabs Tags Archives Authors Reading guides Blogs Galleries
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_strikes (the resource's own statement):
1926 general strike 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike 8-hour day
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_flint (the resource's own statement):
Flint sit-down strike
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_writers (the resource's own statement):
Amadeo Bordiga Ambalavaner Sivanandan anarchism Anti Fascist Action (AFA)
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_pannekoek (the resource's own statement):
Anton Pannekoek Antonio Negri
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_cnt (the resource's own statement):
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT)
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_dauve (the resource's own statement):
Gilles Dauvé
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_debord (the resource's own statement):
Guy Debord
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_recent (the resource's own statement):
Black Lives Matter movement
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - tags_grenfell (the resource's own statement):
Grenfell fire
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - load_more (the resource's own statement):
housework Load More
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - footer (the resource's own statement):
Donate Help out Other languages Site notes
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - account (the resource's own statement):
Log in / Register
https://libcom.org/library · read 2026-10-31 · http 200 · sha256 c0657ee58d4cee2d… - site_note (the resource's own statement):
Submitted by libcom on October 14, 2006
https://libcom.org/about · read 2026-10-31 · http 404 · sha256 07ab80424004e61d… - limit (the resource's own statement):
libcom.org has been running for several years on a lot of different software, so it's likely the page you want exists, but doesn't live here any more.
https://libcom.org/about · read 2026-10-31 · http 404 · sha256 07ab80424004e61d… - comment (the resource's own statement):
Submitted by adri on December 9, 2022
https://libcom.org/about · read 2026-10-31 · http 404 · sha256 07ab80424004e61d… - solidarity (the resource's own statement):
A talk given by 'Paul Cardan' (Cornelius Castoriadis). Issued as a pamphlet by Solidarity (London) a month later in June 1965.
https://libcom.org/about · read 2026-10-31 · http 404 · sha256 07ab80424004e61d… - news_and_letters (the resource's own statement):
An article, edited from News and Letters, outlining the uprising at the Gulag in Vorkuta in 1953.
https://libcom.org/about-us · read 2026-10-31 · http 404 · sha256 5763a6366eb70344…
Unchecked
libcom.org/about and libcom.org/about-us both answered 404 (saved as the site's 'Whoops, something broke' page); operator, method and licence are unread; the tag list past 'Load More'; the Archives, Authors and Reading guides tabs; the texts themselves
Cite: Lee Sharks, ed. "libcom.org Collections." Mary Lee Labor meta-aggregator: left politics and labor, maryleelabor.org, compiled 2026-10-31. https://www.maryleelabor.org/aggregators/libcom-library