Author: Richard Seymour File Type: epub Up-to-date analysis of how Corbyn rose to the head of the labour party, and his prospects for staying there Jeremy Corbyn, the dark horse candidate for the Labour leadership, won and won big. With a landslide in the first round, this unassuming antiwar socialist crushed the opposition, particularly the Blairite opposition. For the first time in decades, socialism is back on the agendaand for the first time in Labours history, it controls the leadership. The party machine couldnt stop him. An almost unanimous media campaign couldnt stop him. It is as if their power, like that of the Wizard of Oz, was always mostly illusion. Now Corbyn has one chance to convince the public to support his reforming ambitions. Where did he come from, and what chance does he have? This book tells the story of how Corbyns rise was made possible by the long decline of Labour and a deep crisis of 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 medias Project Fear on its head, making a virtue of every accusation they threw at him. And finally it asks, with all the artillery that is still ranged against Corbyn, and given the crisis-ridden Labour Party that he has inherited, what it would mean for him to succeed. **Review Richard Seymour has a brilliant mind and a compelling style. Everything he writes is worth reading. Gary Younge Seymour is an essential voice on the left, and this book is a necessary intervention, explaining this daunting political moment and bringing the focus back to strategy. Not so much a call to arms as a call to brains. Laurie Penny The Anglophone left has been cheered by the surprising rise of Bernie Sanders in the US and Jeremy Corbyn in Britain. Richard Seymours elegantly written book is a reminder of all the obstacles facing Corbyn. Even if youre not as pessimistic as Seymour about his prospects, you really need to pay attention to this critique. It will make you a better fighter of the necessary class war. Doug Henwood, author of *My Turn Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency* No one writes about politics the way Richard Seymour does. He takes a very British story of the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, with all its peculiarities and details, and turns it into a revelation of the international crisis of parliamentary democracy. Whether you love Corbynor Sanders or Podemos or Syrizaor loathe him (and them), youll find here the most sophisticated diagnosis of why men and women across the globe are turning to the left and why their aspirations are so continuously being frustrated. Seymour is a magnificent explainer pointed without being pedantic, funny with out being flip, and always insisting that we take in the whole. Corey Robin, author of *The Reactionary Mind Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin* 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 Mieville Long after the Labour left was thought to be dead, Jeremy Corbyns emergence has inspired millions. There is no one better positioned than Richard Seymour to take a look at his emergence and whether Corbyn can actually turn Labour into a force for radical change. Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of *Jacobin* The fullest and fairest account of Jeremy Corbyns rise released to date. In avoiding much of the rhetoric espoused in similar accounts focusing on Corbyns early career this book provides a frank account of how the unlikely leader took charge of the Labour party. It is a very readable account too. Richard Seymour writes plainly but effectively and his writing is both accessible and incredibly informative. Liam Young, *New Statesman* The first serious analysis of Jeremy Corbyns unexpected ascent. Yohann Koshy, *Vice* Laser-sharp analysis of British Labourism and its contradictions This book is terrifically astute. Jamie Maxwell, *The National* A brilliant and incisive analysis by a long-term watcher of the party. Asa Winstanley, *Middle East Monitor* A must-read for militants inside and outside the Labour Party. *rs21* Corbyn is not about Corbyn in much the same way that Richard Seymours earlier and much shorter book, The Meaning of David Cameron, wasnt really about its eponymous anti-hero. Rather it is an analysisand an astute oneof the socio-political conditions which have given rise to Corbynism, its future prospects and the substantial obstacles it will inevitably face. Tom Mills, *Ceasefire* The best, and the definitive, account of what Corbyns victory the first time round meant. One year on the essential summer 2016 read. Mark Perryman, *Philosophy Football* 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.

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