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Revision as of 13:10, 7 December 2005
The LM group is a loosely constituted political grouping sharing a common, anti-environmentalist, apparently libertarian ideology. It is populated by individuals associated with the Revolutionary Communist Party, its organ Living Marxism and a number of Front groups and platforms spawned by the group.
'The GM debate is the terrain upon which society's relationship to science and human endeavour is currently being worked out.' So wrote Tony Gilland in an article called Seeds of the Future in the UK magazine LM, formerly Living Marxism - the monthly review of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP).
The RCP has spawned a network of political extremists who eulogise technologies like genetic engineering and reproductive cloning and are extremely hostile to their critics, who they brand as Nazis. What is particularly disturbing is that it is a network which engages in infiltration of media organisations and science-related lobby groups in order to promote its agenda.
It is represented, often in very senior positions, in a series of organisations which lobby on issues related to biotechnology, eg the Science Media Centre (director: Fiona Fox), Sense About Science (director: Tracey Brown; her assistant: Ellen Raphael), Genetic Interest Group (policy director: John Gillott), Progress Educational Trust (director: Juliet Tizzard), and the Scientific Alliance (advisor: Bill Durodie). Both Tracey Brown and Bill Durodie were also brought in in an advisory capacity in relation to the strands of the UK government's official GM Public Debate.
Contents
History
- 1970s - Trotskyist faction ejected from International Socialists, further splinters into the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP)
- late-80s - RCP establishes Living Marxism
- early-90s - RCP begins infiltration of academic and media circles
- mid-90s - Living Marxism title changed to LM
- 2000 - LM forced to close after it loses libel case
- 2000 - LM's ex-editor launches Spiked website
- 2000 - LM's co-publisher, Claire Fox, launches Institute of Ideas
- 2001 - Long-time LM contributor, and Claire Fox's sister, becomes Director of the Science Media Centre
- 2002 - LM/Spiked/Institute of Ideas contributor becomes Director of Sense About Science
The Background
LM group
A
B
C
- Campaign Against Militarism
- Campaign for Internet Freedom
- Aidan Campbell
- Channel Cyberia
- Barrie Collins
- John Conroy
D
F
- Families for Freedom
- Feminists for Justice
- Michael Fitzpatrick
- Fiona Foster
- Claire Fox
- Fiona Fox
- Freedom & Law
- Ann Furedi
- Frank Furedi
G
H
I
J
K
L
- Ellie Lee
- Kirk Leech
- Libero!
- Living Marxism
- Daniel Lloyd
- London International Research Exchange
- Rob Lyons
M
N
P
R
S
T
W
Authors
This section is the collective product of
- Jonathan Matthews
- David Miller
- Andy Rowell
