London Action Resource Centre
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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.
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.
Despite an expressed desire to run the building a non-heirarchical 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.
LARC is in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, an area with a long history of radical and anarchist activity.
External links
- LARC website (http://www.londonarc.org/)
- London RTS website (http://rts.gn.apc.org/index.htm)