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| − | The '''Revolutionary Communist Party''' ('''RCP''') was the forerunner of the libertarian [[LM network]]. Led by University of Kent sociologist [[Frank Furedi]], it was created in 1977 after a sizeable minority were expelled from the Revolutionary Communist Group in 1976 and formed a grouping called the Revolutionary Communist Tendency. The RCG itself was formed after a split from the [[International Socialists]] (the forerunner of the [[Socialist Workers | + | The '''Revolutionary Communist Party''' ('''RCP''') was the forerunner of the libertarian [[LM network]]. Led by University of Kent sociologist [[Frank Furedi]], it was created in 1977 after a sizeable minority were expelled from the Revolutionary Communist Group in 1976 and formed a grouping called the Revolutionary Communist Tendency. The RCG itself was formed after a split from the [[International Socialists]] (the forerunner of the [[Socialist Workers Party]]). The RCT was renamed the [[RCP]] in 1981 and disbanded in 1996. Its activities were continued through its main publication ''[[Living Marxism]]'', which in early 1997 changed its name to ''[[LM]]''. When it was shut down by a libel action in 2000 many of those associated with the [[RCP]]/[[LM]] created a range of new organisations centred around ''[[Spiked]]'' and the [[Institute of Ideas]], which form a continuing network described here as the [[LM network]]. Though the class politics have gone, much of the position taking, tone and tactics of the deeply sectarian [[RCP]] remain.<ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/dec/09/highereducation.uk2 "Invasion of the entryists"]''</ref> |
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The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) was the forerunner of the libertarian LM network. Led by University of Kent sociologist Frank Furedi, it was created in 1977 after a sizeable minority were expelled from the Revolutionary Communist Group in 1976 and formed a grouping called the Revolutionary Communist Tendency. The RCG itself was formed after a split from the International Socialists (the forerunner of the Socialist Workers Party). The RCT was renamed the RCP in 1981 and disbanded in 1996. Its activities were continued through its main publication Living Marxism, which in early 1997 changed its name to LM. When it was shut down by a libel action in 2000 many of those associated with the RCP/LM created a range of new organisations centred around Spiked and the Institute of Ideas, which form a continuing network described here as the LM network. Though the class politics have gone, much of the position taking, tone and tactics of the deeply sectarian RCP remain.[1]
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