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'''Chuck Munson''' (born 1965) is an ] ]<ref name=nyt/> in ] who currently runs the ], ] (an anarchist website),<ref>{{cite web |
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}}</ref> and a ], "another blog is possible." He received his ] (Painting/Sculpture) from ] in 1988 and his ] in ] at the ] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |
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==Activism== |
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Munson is active on many issues, ranging from media activism to prisoner rights to anti-]. He became radicalized at the ] (Lawrence) in the mid-1980s, helping ] protests against ] in ] and U.S. government intervention in ].<ref name=wapo/> At one point he was the president of the K.U. Committee on South Africa.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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He was a co-founder of the Mutualaid.org ].{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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He is involved as an activist in the library profession on issues such as ], alternative media, and ]; he ran two online projects, Stop Filtering and Censorware in Libraries and Anarchist Librarians Web in the late 1990s,<ref>{{cite journal |author=Staff |date=] |title=Anti-filtering Web Site Founder Fesses Up |journal=Library Journal |url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA157891.html |accessdate= 2008-03-11}}</ref> and in 2004 was one of the founders of the Radical Reference project.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} |
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P.S. He is a total ASS! |
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==Infoshop.org== |
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Munson founded ], a popular anarchist website,<ref>"Making the News: Anarchist Counter-Public Relations on the World Wide Web". Lynn Owens and L. Kendall Palmer. ''Critical Studies in Media Communication''. Vol.20, no. 4, December 2003, pp. 335-361. "Run predominantly by an individual anarchist activist in Washington D.C., ] offers frequently updated features on contemporary activism and social struggles"</ref> in January 1995 as the Mid-Atlantic Infoshop.<ref name=alas>"", Infoshop.org, ].</ref> Munson had been working as a system librarian at ], one of the perks of which was a free web account. Having previously co-founded an online archive of anarchist texts, the ], in 1992, Munson established Infoshop as a general resource on anarchism, moving to the domain name Infoshop.org in 1998.<ref name=alas/> Munson reorganized the website as a collective project in 2001, and it is currently run by a core of seven people, supplemented by regular writers and volunteers.<ref name=alas/> |
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== Thought == |
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Munson considers anarchism to be the only sustainable way forward for humanity, claiming that "raditional political ideologies have led the planet to ruin (] and ]) or have prevented freedom (authoritarian ])."<ref name=why> |
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</ref> He considers anarchism to be a ] political movement, not limited to a "linear history of ideas".<ref name=why/> Munson identifies as an ], describing himself as "an anarchist who is open-minded about anarchist ideas."<ref name=why/> However, unlike anarchists without adjectives such as ]<ref>An essay by Fred Woodworth in {{cite book | last = Avrich | first = Paul | title = Anarchist Voices | publisher = AK Press |page = 475 | location = Stirling | year = 2006 | isbn = 1904859275 }}</ref>, he rejects the notion that ] is a form of anarchism, citing its lack of opposition to "the hierarchical authoritarian capitalist workplace".<ref> |
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</ref> In an interview for '']'' during the ] ] in ], published ], ], Munson compared anarchism to other radical movements, saying: |
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{{bquote|... we are a lot more anti-government, anti-state. We say that because we think people should have control of their lives at the individual and community level, a sort of radical ]." Asked about violence he replied, "I subscribe to a diversity of tactics, so I don't disavow violence. But I like to see ] as much as possible."<ref name=nyt>{{cite web |
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|title=Ideas & Trends -- Heartland Radical; Anarchy Explained |
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== Publications == |
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He has edited or published several ]s and magazines, including ''Praxis'' (Lawrence, Kansas, 1980s), ''The Gentle Anarchist'' (Lawrence, Kansas, 1986-88), ''The Journal of Disjunctive Librarianship'' (Madison, Wisc., 1990), '']'' (1991-present), and '']'' (1997-2002). In 1992, he co-founded the Spunk Library along with Mikael Cardell, Jack Jansen, and Ian Heavens. The Spunk Library is an online collection of anarchist and alternative texts, and one of the first digital archives of any kind. In 1992 Munson, along with Cardell, started Practical Anarchy Online, which was one of the first ]s during its brief existence. Munson has also contributed to '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.counterpunch.org/munson11302004.html |
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|title=Seattle Weekly Trashes Anti-Globalization Movement |accessdate=2007-07-31 |last=Munson |first=Chuck |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2004-11-30 |work= |publisher='']'' }}</ref> |
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===Articles=== |
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*“What do radical librarians do? or, Which way to the black bloc?” in ''Revolting Librarians Redux: radical librarians speak out.'' edited by Katia Roberto and Jessamyn West. North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2003. |
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*“WIPO: Have We Been Whipped by New Copyright Treaty?” ''Internet Trend Watch for Libraries'', vol.2, no.4, April 1997. |
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== References == |
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==External links== |
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*, the blog of Chuck Munson |
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** - short autobiography, including current projects, academic activity and activism |
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** - list of press citations of Munson |
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** - list of Munson's professional, activist and future publications |
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