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Many of those involved have past or current links with the Universities of Kent, Sussex and East London.  Higher education is the most common occupational sector, followed by the media.  For details of leading personnel, click on LM network at the bottom of this page.
 
Many of those involved have past or current links with the Universities of Kent, Sussex and East London.  Higher education is the most common occupational sector, followed by the media.  For details of leading personnel, click on LM network at the bottom of this page.
  
==Principal Current Associated Organisations==
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* [[Academics for Academic Freedom]] - Free speech
 
* [[Academics for Academic Freedom]] - Free speech
 
* [[Audacity]] - Construction
 
* [[Audacity]] - Construction
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The LM network appears to have some influence with the [[Genetic Interest Group]], [[Progress]], the [[Science Media Centre]] and [[Sense About Science]].
 
The LM network appears to have some influence with the [[Genetic Interest Group]], [[Progress]], the [[Science Media Centre]] and [[Sense About Science]].
  
==Principal Defunct Associated Organisations==
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==Defunct Associated Entities==
 
* [[Africa Direct]]
 
* [[Africa Direct]]
 
* [[Campaign Against Militarism]]  
 
* [[Campaign Against Militarism]]  

Revision as of 14:46, 8 May 2010

The LM network or LM group is a loosely constituted network of individuals and organisations sharing a libertarian and anti-environmentalist ideology. It is led and largely comprises 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 have overlapping personnel, themes, views and techniques and promote each other.

Many of the techniques used are characteristic of the RCP, including: the creation of a range of organisations without apparent formal links; the launching of multiple campaigns; the preference for extensive and extended debate; the adoption of contrarian and controversial positions; 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 debate, while in reality the debates are intended to promote the network's views. The principal underlying themes of support for economic development and freedom from regulation objectively benefit corporate interests and the larger and more established organisations seek corporate sponsorship, either directly or via PR companies or free enterprise think tanks. Several of the organisations explicitly target young people.

Many of those involved have past or current links with the Universities of Kent, Sussex and East London. Higher education is the most common occupational sector, followed by the media. For details of leading personnel, click on LM network at the bottom of this page.

Associated Entities

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

Defunct Associated Entities


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