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    Verso Books
    24 February 2021
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    Verso Book Club: March, April, May

    Receive ALL of our new ebooks every month as well as one or more new books in the mail. All subscriptions are now 50% off and all subscribers will also get 50% off ALL of our books.

    19 April 2021
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    The Crisis of European Social Democracy

    Why have parties of the centre-left come unstuck across Western Europe since the turn of the century, asks historian Donald Sassoon in an extract from his new book, Morbid Symptoms: Anatomy of a World in Crisis.

    Verso Books
    16 April 2021
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    New and Old Facts

    Ross’s engrossing, surprising, and gracefully written story shows how the stones of historic Palestine, and Palestinian labor, have been used to build the state of Israel—in the process, constructing “facts on the ground”—even while the industry is central to Palestinians’ own efforts to erect bulwarks against the Occupation.

    Étienne Balibar
    15 April 2021
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    Being Human?

    The philosopher Étienne Balibar reflects on humanity's uniqueness as a species, and the pandemic's reminder of our existence at the crossroads of biology, medicine and anthropology.

    Verso Books
    14 April 2021
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    White Skin, Black Fuel: A letter from the editor

    Malm and the Zetkin Collective's latest contribution reveals the racist roots of ecofascism.

    14 April 2021
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    Memorialising Complexity: The Many Lives of Nawal El Saadawi

    The life and work of Nawal El Sadaawi (1931 - 2021) can't be reduced to simple categories of political thought. Nihal El Aasar asks: how do we remember those whose positions were as complex as they were inspiring? 

    Verso Books
    13 April 2021
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    The Last Man Takes LSD: A letter from the editor

    The Foucault Wars never ended, and this latest salvo is by far amongst the most interesting.

    13 April 2021
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    The Contradictions of Capitalist Democracy

    From post-68 militancy to the pandemic disruption of today, sociologist Göran Therborn traces the shifting contexts for the landmark essays collected in his latest book, Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy

    Benjamin Balthaser
    12 April 2021
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    Jewish Currents Goes Back to Brunch: On Antisemitism and Left Strategy

    When the Jewish left targets antisemitism it is an act of solidarity, not solipsism. 

    09 April 2021
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    Writing for Post-MoMa Futures

    Over the course of the next ten weeks, the Verso blog will become a node in the relational and intellectual infrastructure of Strike MoMA, weaving together actions on site with an ongoing platform for writing, thinking, and imagining in the furtherance of post-Moma futures.

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