Verso Book Club: November and December picks
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Burn It Down! A letter from the Editor
"A wholly unruly, ahistorical riot" – Jessie Kindig, Verso Editor, on the publication of Burn It Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution.
Automation and the Future of Work: a letter from the Editor
"Among the books that will help us ascend from what Marx termed the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom, this is a pivotal contribution." – Tom Hazeldine, Verso Editor, on the publication of Automation and the Future of Work.
Long Live the Post Horn! A letter from the Editor
"A novel about the cost of a stamp becomes a captivating and utterly unique study of society, language and love". – Cian McCourt, Verso Editor, on the publication of Long Live the Post Horn!
William Morris’s anti-imperialism
William Morris is today remembered mainly for his designs. But, during his life he was one a prolific political journalist and socialist activist. Peter Halton argues for the enduring relevance of his anti-imperialist writings.
Strongman vs. Miss Rona
In the age of pandemics, when the health of all is at risk, what do the new strongman leaders tell us about the nature of contemporary politics?
The Latinx Factor: The Death of the Monolith and Other New Media Narratives
Throughout 2020 the notion of a homogenous Latinx voting bloc has become untenable, with fractures deepening along lines of race, region, and class position. What's next for a voting bloc that was supposed to be the future of American democracy?
Billionaires are never self made. Read more in Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich.
From the Streets to the State and Back Again: Learning from the Sanders Moment
After Bernie and days before the Presidential Election, where does the U.S. left – and its ambitions for an independent mass socialist politics – stand?
A View from Trump Country?
Appalachia has the highest concentration of white poverty in the nation. Now in 2020, years after Vance, Hochschild, and 'the Red State Revolt', Tarence Ray provides a new view from the heart of so-called "Trump Country."
False hopes and tough choices: On the future of US relations in the Middle East
What will the results of the face-off between Donald Trump and Joe Biden mean for American relations in the Middle East? And what, if anything, would change with a Biden presidency?
Coronavirus pamphlet series
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A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance
by Stella Dadzie
“An essential corrective to centuries of sublimation and the presentation of black women who lived through this history as passive victims. I cannot recommend it highly enough.” – Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other
