The London Positivist Society was an atheistic philosophical, humanist, and political circle that met in London, England, between May 1867 and 1974. The conditions of membership originally included "emancipation from theology and metaphysics and the acceptance of Comte's views on science and society".[1] The Society's members occupied themselves in applying the ideas of the philosophical school of Comteanpositivism to current affairs of the day, including the movement for home rule in Ireland, the Second Boer War (which the Society opposed), the strikes of London trade unionists (which the society defended), Egyptian Independence (which the society supported), the Indian independence movement (which the Society supported) and defence of the Paris Commune.[2][3][4][5] Among their writings was the 1896 pamphlet Positivist Comments on Public Affairs.[6] The Society also supported the founding of the Sociological Society of London.[7] In 1934, it was renamed the English Positivist Committee.