Roger Simon, 2nd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe
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Roger Simon, 2nd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (16 October 1913 – 14 October 2002) was a British solicitor and left wing journalist and political activist. He was one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.[citation needed]
The elder son of
After
In 1935, he qualified as a solicitor, and from 1942 to 1945 he served in the
From 1945 to 1946, he taught law at
From 1946 to 1958, he worked for Ealing Borough Council as a solicitor. He married Daphne May in 1951 and they had two children. He had a love of walking and often visited the Lake District.
In 1958 he joined the Labour Research Department, becoming secretary from 1965 to 1977 but continued doing work for the organisation until just before his death. He published many pamphlets and articles on economic issues. Within the Communist Party, where he sat on the Economic Committee, he strongly supported the "Eurocommunist" philosophy. He was also on the board of Lawrence and Wishart and encouraged the publication of "Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci" in 1971.
His last ten years were devoted to red-green politics.
He was a member of the William Morris Society.[citation needed]
He was succeeded by his daughter, Matilda Simon, as the Baron Simon of Wythenshawe.
References
- Pat Devine, Obituary, The Guardian, 25 October 2002.
Publications
- Local Councils and the Citizen, Stevens & Sons (1948)
- The British State, Lawrence & Wishart (1958) (co-authored, under the pseudonyms James Harvey & Katherine Hood)
- Light on the City, LRD Publications (1962)
- An Introduction To Gramsci's Political Thought (1982)
- William Morris Now - Socialism by Design, Communist Party (1984)
- Introducing Marxism, Communist Party (1986)