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Richard Seymour (born 1977) is a British writer, activist and proprietor of the blog "Lenin's Tomb". He is the author of The Liberal Defense of Murder. Seymour was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland to a Protestant family, and lives in London. He is a member of the Socialist Workers Party.[1]
[edit] Lenin's Tomb
Lenin's Tomb, which has existed since June 2003,[2] is one of the best-known political blogs in the UK; it was listed in 2005 as the 21st-most-popular blog in the country.[3] Though run by Seymour, it also has front-page posts from other contributors, including, occasionally, China Mieville.[4] It has been cited by the BBC,[5] The Guardian, Private Eye, and Slate magazine.[6] Seymour writes about "issues such as imperialism, Zionism, Islamophobia and anti-capitalism, and covers strikes and protests with footage, images and reportage".
[edit] Published works
- 2008 "The Genocidal Imagination of Christopher Hitchens", in Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq and the Left. ISBN 0814716873, New York University Press.[7]
[edit] Selected articles
[edit] References
- ^ About Lenin's Tomb. Lenin's Tomb (2004-01-01). Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ A shot at bias in the media. MediaBite. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ Top Ten, Saturday 26 February, 2005. BritishBlogs (2005-02-26). Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ Mieville, China (2005-08-29). The politics of weather. Lenin's Tomb. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ Connor, Alan. "Music blogs close ears to Live 8", BBC, 2005-07-04. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ a b Seymour, Richard. The Liberal Defense of Murder Verso Books, 2008
- ^ Table of Contents, for Simon Cottee & Thomas Cushman: Christopher Hitchens and His Critics, NYU Press, New York 2008, ISBN 0814716873
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