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A look back at our most read blog posts of the year. 

Lynne Segal on the revolutionary power of joy and how to keep political optimism alive in contemporary capitalism.

25 classics from the Verso archive.

The case of Thomas Guénolé concerns us as antiracist and anticolonialist Jews because he represents a worrying tendency in leftist political thought, particularly in France.

Johanna Brenner considers a variety of strategies by which caregiving might be socialized outside the institutions of family and household.

With several exciting new presses launching, we are never (ever) short of books to read! Here's some of our non-Verso favourites this year, chosen by staff in New York and London.

The annual Verso prize for Cultural and Critical Studies is awarded to the top student graduating from Birkbeck’s MA Cultural and Critical Studies. This year, the prize goes to student Elle Aspell-Sheppard for her excellent project on “post-truth” and its effects on politics, using the specific example of Donald Trump’s electoral campaign. The external examiner described the essay as a “beautifully written piece of work, which brings Hannah Arendt’s thought successfully into the present moment…a thoughtful argument is advanced around the idea of post-truth as a contemporary keyword”. Speaking is an extract from the winning dissertation.

A poem for Jerusalem by Michael Rosen.

The University of Michigan is preparing for a visit from white supremacist Richard Spencer. If past is prologue, then the UM administration’s policy will tend toward disengagement and caution, rather than effective resistance.

Recipient of the Palestine Book Awards' 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, Ilan Pappe discusses the development of Palestine Studies. 

FREE ebook collection of extracts from our top books of 2017!

Judith Butler asks what happens when free speech clashes with other basic values.