Verso celebrates International Women's Day
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Abortion Again?
Rosalind Petchesky reflects on the fight for reproductive rights forty years after the original publication of her book, Abortion and Women's Choice: The State, Sexuality and Reproductive Freedom. -
Let’s Burn It Down | The Feminism of Againstness
How can we imagine a place for a new vision of feminism that poses itself as oppositional and defiant, with againstness as its key goal? -
Oskar Negt (1934-2024)
A social philosopher of enormous influence in the Federal Republic of Germany, Oskar Negt is best known in the Anglophone world for his collaborative theory penned together with author and filmmaker Alexander Kluge. A giant in his own right, the riches of Negt’s considerable body of theory have yet to find their audience beyond German-speaking Europe.
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The Politics of Women’s Blues
Hazel V. Carby considers the sexual politics of women's blues and focuses on black women as cultural producers and performers in the 1920s. -
We came here for better opportunities … And what, in reality, did we find?
The Brixton Black Women’s Group describes the triple jeopardy they faced; as workers, as women, and as Black people.
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10 Books to Read on International Women's Day
Taking International Women's Day back to its radical roots.
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The New McCarthyism: a personal testimony
In November, Professor Warren Montag gave a talk at his university arguing that "anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism." For Palestine Uncensored, he recounts the ADL's campaign to get him fired as retaliation. -
Destroying capitalism: Lordon and Bookchin, a cross-examination
Victor Cartan considers the work of Frédéric Lordon and Murray Bookchin together in this essay. -
Bernstein at the Waldorf
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro reveals a reflexive effort to defang the radicalism of the first great American conductor while covering the tracks of an oppressive regime. -
How We Walk: a Letter from the Editor
How We Walk: Frantz Fanon and the Politics of the Body by Matthew Beaumont is one of our March Verso Book Club options. -
Testimonial 20: Cancellation of Anaïs Duplan's exhibition at Museum Folkwang
Artists respond to the Essen-based Museum Folkwang's cancellation of Anaïs Duplan's exhibition after Duplan spoke out in solidarity with Palestine and condemned Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza.
