Richard Seymour (21st-century writer)

Richard Seymour
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Ballymena, Northern Ireland
OccupationWriter, political theorist
Period2003–present
Website
www.leninology.co.uk

Richard Seymour (born 1977) is a Northern Irish author, commentator and owner of the blog Lenin's Tomb. His books included The Meaning of David Cameron (2010), Unhitched (2013), Against Austerity (2014) and Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics (2016). Seymour was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland to a Protestant family,[1] and currently lives in London. A former member of the Socialist Workers Party,[2] he left the organisation in March 2013. He completed his PhD in sociology at the London School of Economics under the supervision of Paul Gilroy.[3] His thesis, dated 2016, was titled Cold War anticommunism and the defence of white supremacy in the southern United States.[4] In the past he has written for publications such as The Guardian and Jacobin.

  1. ^ Richard Seymour « Interview « ReadySteadyBook – for literature Archived 9 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Readysteadybook.com. Retrieved on 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ Seymour, Richard (1 January 2004). "About Lenin's Tomb". Lenin's Tomb. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  3. ^ Richard Seymour | London School of Economics – Academia.edu. Lse.academia.edu. Retrieved on 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ Seymour, Richard (2016). Cold War anticommunism and the defence of white supremacy in the southern United States (PhD). London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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