[1][2] Founded in 1954, it is the direct successor of Le Libertaire which was contributed by Albert Camus, Georges Brassens, Louise Michel and André Breton.
Le Monde libertaire was first published as a monthly magazine in October 1954.
[3] Its name is a reference to another publication called Le Libertaire, which was launched in France in 1895 by Sébastien Faure and Louise Michel.
[1][4] Le Monde libertaire was the sole mouthpiece of the French anarchist movement before 1968.
[6] Unlike other anarchist publications, the magazine covered no content on environmental issues until Spring 1968.