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The latest episode of the Politics Theory Other podcast.
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Communism tomorrow? On Daniel Bensaïd
Daniel Bensaïd died 14 years ago today. In this essay, Victor Cartan explores Bensaïd's communism and what we, on the Left, can learn from it in the 21st century. -
Towers of Ivory and Steel: a Letter from the Editor
One of our February Verso Book Club titles.
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‘No more disappearance’: Tom Nairn on Edward Said and Palestinian identity
An excerpt from Tom Nairn’s Faces of Nationalism reviewing two books by Edward Said, The Politics of Dispossession and Representations of the Intellectual, with reflections on Ernest Gellner’s attack on Orientalism. The essay is framed by the fact of the non-disappearance of the Palestinian people, and the role of ‘nationalism’ in this. It was first published in the London Review of Books on 8 September 1994.
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Seeing and Believing in Palestine: Testimonial 12
In the 12th instalment of our Palestine Uncensored series, Adam Kitaji describes how Israel's unrelenting siege in Gaza lays bare the moral and political illegitimacy of liberal international institutions. -
Florida's right-wing government wants to scare faculty into silence – we won't let them
Florida university administrations are using the state government's systematic attack on academic freedom to target faculty and students who speak out in solidarity with Palestine. In this testimony, a Florida university professor describes the atmosphere it's creating on campuses and how students, faculty, and staff are working to resist state repression.
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Kissinger In Southern Africa
The liberation of former Portuguese colonies in Africa placed Henry Kissinger in a bind, and, in the words of Gerald Horne, ‘pushed the ordinarily duplicitous Kissinger into stances that were stunning, even by his unprincipled standard.’
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Verso Author Picks: Books Read in 2023
Much like our Staff Picks for 2023, Verso's authors share the books they enjoyed the most this year. -
Verso Staff Picks: The Books We Read in 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, we reflect on the books from other publishers that we enjoyed most this year. -
Packing for exile
We are preparing for our forced emigration from Gaza to the Sinai Desert, or for our death. One or the other. -
The Kindness of Strangers: Lynne Segal & Loree Erickson
Lynne Segal & Loree Erickson join Eleanor Penny to talk care, disability rights activism, and radical dependency.
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Books You May Have Missed This Year
Prize-winners, critically-acclaimed, and endorsed by some of the best: here are some books you may have missed this year, but should definitely be on your radar!