Pro-test meeting at Nottingham University, 20th March
Guinea pig | 17.03.2006 16:58 | Animal Liberation
The leader of the pro-animal experimentation group "Pro-Test", whose recent small demo in Oxford captured Press attention, will be addressing a meeting at Nottingham University on the 20th March.
James Panton, the leader of the pro-animal experimentation group "Pro-Test", whose recent small demo in Oxford captured widespread Press attention, will be holding a meeting at Nottingham University on the 20th March, at 5pm, Room B5, Portland Building on the main University Park campus. This will plainly be of some interest to pro- and anti-testing campaigners, but will also be of interest to those who've kept tabs on the activities of the cult formerly known as LM (and before that the Revolutionary Communist Party), as Pro-Test appears to be a front group of this organisation. According to a contributor to a recent Indymedia story ("Pro-vivisectionist group 'Pro-Test' demonstrate to promote animal torture lab", 
https://www2.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334426.html?c=on#c143063):
"Among the top people involved in Pro-Test are Kristina Cook of Christ Church College in Oxford, a member of the Living Marxism cult. Also associated with here [sic] and Pro-Test is politics lecture James Panton, also of Living Marxism and a director of another LM front the Institute of Ideas. Today in the Times we have fellow IoI and Living Marxism founding editor Mick Hume pushing Pro-Test."
Further info on the RCP/LM at:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party_(Furedi)
Lobbywatch: http://www.lobbywatch.org/p1temp.asp?pid=39&page=1
Sourcewatch: http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=LM_group
https://www2.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334426.html?c=on#c143063): "Among the top people involved in Pro-Test are Kristina Cook of Christ Church College in Oxford, a member of the Living Marxism cult. Also associated with here [sic] and Pro-Test is politics lecture James Panton, also of Living Marxism and a director of another LM front the Institute of Ideas. Today in the Times we have fellow IoI and Living Marxism founding editor Mick Hume pushing Pro-Test."
Further info on the RCP/LM at:
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party_(Furedi) Lobbywatch:
http://www.lobbywatch.org/p1temp.asp?pid=39&page=1 Sourcewatch:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=LM_group
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"red-baiting"? The cult isn't Marxist
20.03.2006 10:56
Despite the RCP/LM/IoI's origins in (very idiosyncratic) sectarian Trotskyism, the cult isn't Marxist, except in the most theoretical and abstract sense, and absolutely loathes the Left. The cult's 'philosophy' is based on "Enlightenment values" and an unquestioning support for human material progress, regardless of cost to the environment, or even to other humans. I suggest that you look at the links I posted to get any idea of their philosophy before you accuse anyone of "red-baiting". They're no more "red" than Michael Portillo. What they are is a self-sustaining cult of personality based around Frank "Dear Leader" Furedi, and Pro-Test is plainly one of their groups - intensely and extremely humanist, and deeply contrarian.
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