LM network

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The LM network or LM group is a superficially loose and informal network of individuals and organisations sharing a libertarian and anti-environmentalist ideology. The organisations of which it is comprised are led and largely composed of 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. The strongest link is between the largest and longest established entities, Spiked and the Institute of Ideas, which were established in 2000 by close associates and still operate from the same address. However, associated entities generally have overlapping personnel, themes, views and techniques and promote one 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 entities as catalysts for debate or irreverent challenging of established orthodoxy. In practice, this enables the promotion of the views of the network and its sponsors on almost any topic, under the guise of free enquiry. The principal underlying themes of economic development and freedom from regulation benefit corporate interests and the larger and more established organisations explicitly seek sponsorship, either directly or via PR companies or free enterprise think tanks. Several of the entities target young people while others are sector or issue led. The network's components are increasingly seeking partners overseas.

Alongside the organisations themselves are individual ex-RCP members who have assumed influential positions elsewhere, particularly in the media and sciences.

Higher education is the most common occupational sector of associated personnel, followed by the media. Many of those involved have past or current links with the Universities of Kent, Sussex and East London. Details of some of those associated with the LM network are available via 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


Any information on The Litigious Society, Parents Against the Charter, or other past or present LM/ RCP initiatives would be gratefully received.

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