LM network

The LM network or LM group is a loosely constituted political grouping of individuals and organisations sharing a common and extreme anti-environmentalist and libertarian ideology. It is led and largely populated by individuals associated with the now defunct Revolutionary Communist Party and its principal publication, also defunct, Living Marxism. The network itself has no public presence or acknowleged existence, although associated organisations will typically have overlapping personnel, themes, views and techniques and will promote each other.

Many of the techniques are those of the RCP, including the creation of numerous organisations without apparent formal links, the use of martial terminology and the early adoption of leading edge communication techniques.

A defining characteristic of the network is the positioning of its organisations as catalysts for open debate, while in reality they have an extreme libertarian and anti-environmental stance which the debates are intended to promote. The principal themes of support for economic development and freedom from regulation objectively benefit corporate interests and the larger and more established organisations seek corporate sponsorship. Several of the organisations explicitly target young people.

Principal Current Associated Organisations

• Audacity - Construction
• Big Potatoes - Innovation
• Climate Resistance - Climate change sceptism
• The Great Debate- Debating forum
• Institute of Ideas (together with Battle of Ideas, Culture Wars and Debating Matters) - Debating fora
• Manifesto Club - Anti-regulation
• Future Cities Project (together with ManTownHuman) - Planning/ architecture
• Novo Argumente - German online magazine
• Salons (Regional) - Debating fora
• Spiked (together with Young Journalists Academy) - online magazine
• Trasna An Domhain Go Leir - international analysis
• Voltaire - Swedish online magazine
• WORLDwrite (together with WORLDbytes) - international analysis

The LM network appears to have some influence with the Genetic Interest Group, Progress, the Science Media Centre, Sense About Science and Forth an Irish online magazine.

Principal Defunct Associated Organisations

• Africa Direct
• Campaign Against Militarism
• Campaign for Internet Freedom
• Channel Cyberia
• Families for Freedom
• Feminists for Justice
• Freedom & Law
• Global Futures (dormant)
• Internet Freedom
• Irish Freedom Movement
• Libero
• London International Research Exchange
• ME-WE
• Parents Against the Charter
• Transport Research Group
• Workers Against Racism

Associated Personnel

A-C

• Ian Abley
• Kate Abley
• Duleep Allirajah

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

• Aidan Campbell
• Channel Cyberia
• Barrie Collins
• John Conroy

D-F

• Steve Daley
• Thomas Deichmann
• Will Deighton
• Ceri Dingle
• Martin Durkin
• Bill Durodie

• Michael Fitzpatrick
• Fiona Foster
• Claire Fox
• Fiona Fox
• Ann Furedi
• Frank Furedi

G-I

• Tony Gilland
• John Gillott
• Helene Guldberg

• Philip Hammond
• James Heartfield
• Joan Hoey
• Mick Hume
• Jonathan Hunt

J-L

• Tiffany Jenkins
• Eve Kaye or Eve Kay
• Rob Killick
• Ellie Lee
• Kirk Leech
• Daniel Lloyd
• Rob Lyons

M-O

• Kenan Malik
• Toby Marshall
• Phil Mullan

P-R

• Reshmi Parag
• John Pender
• Joan Phillips

• Ellen Raphael
• Mark Ryan

S-U

• Peter Sammonds
• Helen Searls
• Sandy Starr

• Keith Teare
• Juliet Tizzard

V-Z

• David Webb
• Austin Williams
• James Woudhuysen

Resources

• Mike Small, 'The Faction That Fools the World' Variant Issue 24, Winter 2005, version placed in web archive 20 April 2007