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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/a_new_free_speech_outfit_for_less_press_freedom/14405 A new free-speech outfit – for less press freedom?], ''Spiked'', 11 December 2013.
 
*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/a_new_free_speech_outfit_for_less_press_freedom/14405 A new free-speech outfit – for less press freedom?], ''Spiked'', 11 December 2013.
 
*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/free_speech_a_year_of_living_undangerously/14446 Free speech: a year of living undangerously], ''Spiked'', 23 December 2013.
 
*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/free_speech_a_year_of_living_undangerously/14446 Free speech: a year of living undangerously], ''Spiked'', 23 December 2013.
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====2014====
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/united_we_fall_fergie/14492 United we fall, Fergie...?], ''Spiked'', 9 January 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/mike_tyson_role_model/14562 Mike Tyson: role model?], ''Spiked'', 24 January 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/scotland-the-scaredy-cat/14585 Scotland the scaredy‑cat?], ''Spiked'', 30 January 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/what-could-be-worse-than-holocaust-denial/14617 What could be worse than Holocaust denial?], ''Spiked'', 6 February 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/why-the-winter-olympics-are-sochi-sorry-excuse/14657 Why the Winter Olympics are Sochi sorry excuse], ''Spiked'', 13 February 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/pmqs-mps-have-nothing-to-shout-about/14690 PMQs: MPs have nothing to shout about], ''Spiked'', 20 February 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/woolwich-butchery-is-not-a-thought-crime/14721 Woolwich: butchery is not a thought crime], ''Spiked'', 27 February 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/in-defence-of-the-dark-seventies/14764In defence of the dark Seventies], ''Spiked'', 10 March 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/how-red-tony-benn-became-a-national-treasure/14796 How ‘red’ Tony Benn became a ‘national treasure’], ''Spiked'', 17 March 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/leveson-liberal-uk-signs-its-own-death-warrant/14827 Liberal UK signs its own death warrant], ''Spiked'', 24 March 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-real-millers-tale-the-threat-to-press-freedom/14899The real Miller’s tale: the threat to press freedom], ''Spiked'', 8 April 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-fan-bashing-spirit-of-the-eighties-lives-ont/14933The fan-bashing spirit of the Eighties lives on], ''Spiked'', 16 April 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/six-lessons-of-the-david-moyes-debacle/14944 Six random lessons of the David Moyes debacle], ''Spiked'', 23 April 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/max-clifford-whats-it-got-to-do-with-savile/14973 Clifford is a creep, but what’s that got to do with Savile?], ''Spiked'', 1 May 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/clarkson-the-c-word-that-counts-is-context/14983 Clarkson: the c‑word that counts is ‘context’], ''Spiked'', 7 May 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/whats-so-great-about-going-back-to-2008/15019 What’s so great about going back to 2008?], ''Spiked'', 15 may 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/whats-worse-for-the-left-than-ukip-labour/15075 What’s worse for the left than UKIP? Labour], ''Spiked'', 29 may 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/do-fifa-execs-crap-in-free-5-star-suites/15095 Do FIFA execs crap in free 5-star suites?], ''Spiked'', 3 June 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/a_grumpy_old_fans_guide_to_world_cup_cliches/15173 A grumpy old fan’s guide to World Cup clichés], ''Spiked'', 12 June 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/orgreave-last-battle-of-a-lost-class-war/15215 Orgreave: the last battle of a lost class war], ''Spiked'', 18 June 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/a-battle-for-the-soul-of-uk-journalism/15259 A battle for the soul of UK journalism], ''Spiked'', 25 June 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/in-defence-of-hacks-who-break-the-law/15318 In defence of hacks who break the law], ''Spiked'', 3 July 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-biggest-load-of-general-strike-hype-since-the-last-lot/15353 The biggest load of ‘general strike’ hype since the last lot], ''Spiked'', 10 July 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-greatest-ever-world-cup-guff/15391 The greatest-ever World Cup guff?], ''Spiked'', 14 July 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-fight-for-press-freedom-still-a-war-without-end/15569 The fight for press freedom – still a war without end], ''Spiked'', 7 August 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-yes-campaigns-version-of-history-is-scotch-mist/15645 The ‘Yes’ campaign’s version of history is Scotch mist], ''Spiked'', 20 August 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/kick-the-thought-police-out-of-football-and-smartphones/15673 Kick the thought police out of football – and smartphones], ''Spiked'', 26 August 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/its-official-phone-hacking-is-not-a-crime-or-a-scandal/15742 It’s official: phone-hacking is not a crime or a scandal], ''Spiked'', 4 September 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/hack-attack-how-nick-davies-saved-the-world/15780 Hack Attack: how Nick Davies saved the world], ''Spiked'', 12 September 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/were-all-in-the-non-uk-now/15856 We’re all in the Non‑UK now], ''Spiked'', 22 September 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/vote-for-the-invisible-zombie-parties/15934 Vote for the invisible zombie parties!], ''Spiked'', 30 September 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/how-uk-liberals-helped-police-hack-the-press/15965 How UK liberals helped police hack the press], ''Spiked'', 6 October 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-establishment-is-trying-to-choke-journalism/16021 ‘The Establishment is trying to choke journalism’], ''Spiked'', 15 October 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-awful-truth-about-free-speech/16096 The awful truth about free speech], ''Spiked'', 30 October 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-myth-of-racist-britain/16182 The myth of racist Britain], ''Spiked'', 21 November 2014.
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*[[Mick Hume]], [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/a-year-of-fear-for-british-political-leaders/16399 A year of fear for British political leaders], ''Spiked'', 23 December 2014.
  
 
==Resources, References and Contact==
 
==Resources, References and Contact==

Revision as of 15:41, 20 July 2016

LM network resources

Mick Hume is associated with the libertarian and anti-environmentalist LM network.

Mick Hume in 2007 or 2008

Hume was born in 1959 and raised in Woking, attending Woking County Grammar School for Boys [1] and studying American Studies in Manchester University. His first left-wing political act was, as a student in Manchester in 1981, supporting Irish Republican hunger strikers, alongside protesting against alleged police racism during that summer's Moss Side riots. [2] He is a journalist and erstwhile organiser of the Revolutionary Communist Party where he was editor of the weekly paper The Next Step from January 1987. [3] In 1988, he became the founding editor of the party's monthly magazine Living Marxism for which he wrote both under his own name and under the pseudonym Eddie Veale.[4] In 1997, following the dissolution of the RCP, the magazine was relaunched under his editorship as LM. Following the magazine's bankruptcy in a libel trial, he become the founding editor of its successor Spiked in 2001. He resigned from this post in 2007 in favour of Brendan O'Neill but continues to write for Spiked. He also speaks at the Battle of Ideas. [5][6]

He has written a column for the Times (London) since 2000.

According to his biography on the "Communicating the war on terror" conference website:

Mick Hume is the editor of spiked and a columnist for The Times (London) and a regular contributor to other publications. He was the editor of LM Magazine (which he launched, originally as Living Marxism, in 1988) until it was forced to close in 2000 following a libel suit brought by ITN. Hume is a fortysomething ex-grammar school boy from Woking, who went to Manchester University and still has a season ticket at Old Trafford."[7]


Encounter

In 1999, journalist Andy Beckett went to a Living Marxism-organised conference that Hume attended. Beckett interviewed Hume about his background and observed:

he rehearses the LM worldview: the globe is "at the end of a political cycle of left and right"; class, once the foundation of all left-wing thinking, "is not a political factor"; there is "no alternative to the market". Instead, the LM project has evolved into "reclaiming the human subject". ...
What Hume is reluctant to mention is that, until three years ago, Living Marxism was the official journal of a more obscure organisation: the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP). After a long, uncharacteristic pause, and a certain amount of looking at the floor, Hume admits that he "spent 10 years in the RCP". What about the other staff of LM? "The network of people I live and work with contain lots of people who were members of the RCP…" Hume tries to sound casual. "I didn't think you were going to write about the RCP and all that."[8]

Affiliations

Publications

Pamphlets and Books

1996

  • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels The Communist Manifesto (Living Marxism Originals), Introduction by Mick Hume London: Pluto Press; New edition (15 May 1996) ISBN-10: 0745310338 ISBN-13: 978-0745310336

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Living Marxism/LM

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Living Marxism became LM at issue 97 in February 1997.

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Spiked

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Resources, References and Contact

References

  1. Talking About My Generation The Times 30 Dec 2008
  2. Bobby Sands was nobody's victim Spiked, 28 Oct 2008
  3. Mick Hume moves on - new editor for Spiked Spiked, 29 Jan 2007
  4. Don Milligan, Radical Amnesia and the RCP, Reflections of a Renegade, January 8, 2008.
  5. Speakers Battle of Ideas, acc 13 Mar 2011 and is a source of briefing material for Debating Matters.
  6. Mick Hume Debating Matters website, 13 Mar 2011
  7. Speakers' biographies", Communicating the war on terror conference website, 5 June 2003, accessed 16 July 2009
  8. Andy Beckett, Licence to rile, The Guardian, 15 May 1999, accessed 27 April 2010
  9. From the Battle of Ideas Festival 2007: biography (Accessed: 14 May 2008)
  10. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20071019084210/http://www.riskoffreedom.com/pdf_archive/07brief.pdf
  11. Global Tobacco Networking Forum, Agenda 2010, Global Tobacco Networking Forum, Accessed 02-January-2013