Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics - Softcover

Richard Seymour

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786632993 ISBN 13: 9781786632999

Publisher: Verso, 2017

Synopsis

Demolishing the Blairite opposition in 2015, Jeremy Corbyn saw off an attempted coup against his leadership under the banner of the "soft left" one year on. This unassuming antiwar socialist now leads Labour with a huge mandate. For the first time in decades, socialism is back on the agenda-and for the first time in Labour's history, it defines the leadership., This book tells the story of how Corbyn's rise was made possible by the long decline of Labour and a deep crisis in British democracy. It surveys the makeshift coalition of trade unionists, young and precarious workers, and students who rallied to Corbyn. It shows how a novel social media campaign turned the media's "Project Fear" on its head, making a virtue of every accusation thrown at him., And finally it asks, with all the artillery that is still ranged against Corbyn, given the crisis-ridden Labour Party that he has inherited, the devastating impact of the coup attempt and the fall-out from Brexit, what it would mean for him to succeed.

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Review:

'Richard Seymour has a brilliant mind and a compelling style. Everything he writes is worth reading.' --Gary Younge

'One of our most astute political analysts turns his attention to Corbyn, and the result is predictably essential: not just to make sense of how we got to this unlikely situation, but for his thoughts on what the left might do next' --China Miéville

'Richard Seymour's Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics not only shows how, amid Labour Party decline, Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters challenged the neoliberal consensus, but also considers the possibility of success and what form that might take.' --Times Higher Education [Books of 2016]

"An excellent political biography" -- Choice

“A highly opinionated study of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leadership, and the circumstances that gave rise to it ... full of insights.” – Andy Beckett, Guardian

About the Author:

Richard Seymour is a writer, broadcaster and socialist, currently based in London. He writes regularly for the Guardian, the London Review of Books, Jacobin and many other publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1786632993
• ISBN 13: 9781786632999
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384