Simon Black is a writer and researcher living in Toronto. His work has appeared in The Toronto Star, rabble.ca, The Independent (UK), Relay, New Labor Forum, and Z-Net. He writes the "Politics as Usual" column for Canada's number one urban magazine, POUND. He also writes a regular sports column, from a radical's perspective, for Canadian Dimension.
Black has studied political philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City and is currently working toward his PhD in political science at York University. At York, Black is affiliated with the City Institute where he does critical research in the area of urban political economy. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (Hons) in sociology and recieved an MA in labour studies from McMaster University. In local high schools, he has lectured on Marx, theories of justice, and existentialism. Currently, he is a visiting Fulbright student-fellow at the City University of New York, Manhattan.
Black stood as a candidate in the 2004 Canadian federal election. He was soundly defeated.