LM network

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.

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

LM group

A

• Ian Abley
• Kate Abley
• Africa Direct
• Against Nature
• Duleep Allirajah
• Audacity.org

B

• Graham Barnfield
• Daniel Ben-Ami
• Mark Birbeck
• Carlton Brick
• Jennie Bristow
• Tracey Brown

C

• Campaign Against Militarism
• Campaign for Internet Freedom
• Aidan Campbell
• Channel Cyberia
• Barrie Collins
• John Conroy

D

• Steve Daley
• Thomas Deichmann
• Ceri Dingle
• Bill Durodié

F

• Families for Freedom
• Feminists for Justice
• Michael Fitzpatrick
• Fiona Foster
• Claire Fox
• Fiona Fox
• Freedom & Law
• Ann Furedi
• Frank Furedi

G

• Genetic Interest Group
• Tony Gilland
• John Gillott
• Global Futures
• Helene Guldberg

H

• James Heartfield
• Mick Hume
• Jonathan Hunt

I

• Institute of Ideas
• Irish Freedom Movement

J

• Tiffany Jenkins

K

• Eve Kaye
• Rob Killick

L

• Ellie Lee
• Kirk Leech
• Libero!
• Living Marxism
• Daniel Lloyd
• London International Research Exchange
• Rob Lyons

M

• ME-WE
• Kenan Malik
• Toby Marshall
• Julian Morris
• Phil Mullan

N

• Novo

P

• Reshmi Parag
• Parents Against the Charter
• John Pender
• Joan Phillips

R

• Ellen Raphael
• Revolutionary Communist Party
• Mark Ryan

S

• Peter Sammonds
• Science Media Centre
• Helen Searls
• Sense About Science
• Spiked Online
• Sandy Starr

T

• Keith Teare
• Juliet Tizzard
• Transport Research Group
• Trasna An Domhain Go Leir

W

• WORLDwrite
• David Webb
• Austin Williams
• Workers Against Racism
• James Woudhuysen

Authors

This section is the collective product of

• Jonathan Matthews
• David Miller
• Andy Rowell