The London Action Resource Centre(LARC) is run by a private limited company, offering space and resources including; offices, computer and internet facilities, roof garden, library, banner-making space, and meeting rooms for certain individuals and groups taking direct action on social and ecological issues, or enagaging in other radical projects. picture of London Action Resource Centre and Anti Systemic Library File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A limited company (Ltd. ...

LARC was conceived as an idea by a group of friends in 1999. Most had a history of involvement in direct action throughout the nineties as part of the anti-roads movement, and Reclaim the Streets. After the Carnival against Capitalism June 18th 1999 the group came to feel that one-off spectacular actions weren't enough to build the 'creative alternatives' which were often talked about in propaganda. Creating a permanent space that would not suffer eviction was seen as important. It was the original home of an Antisystemic Library, opened on June 18, 2003. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a group of people with a collective ideal of community ownership of public spaces. ... An Antisystemic Library is a library which adopts a non-hierarchical cataloguing methodology. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Despite an expressed desire to run the building a non-hierarchical collective fashion, this was abandonned at the Annual General Meeting in December 2004. Since then power rests in the hands of the Board of Directors and the monthly users meetings have become a focus group. A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their attitude towards a product, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging. ...

LARC is in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, an area with a long history of radical and anarchist activity. The building at one time housed the Louise Michel International Modern School. Whitechapel is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ... St. ... Anarchism is derived from the Greek αναρχία (without archons (rulers)). Thus anarchism, in its most general meaning, is opposing to rulers. ... Louise Michel (1830-1905) was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. ...

External links

• LARC website

• London RTS website