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The Culture War in France

Anticapitalist class politics have receded from French political discourse and action over the last several decades, replaced in part by what some French figures have identified as an American-influenced identity politics. As Daniel Zamora argues in this essay, however, France has long embraced a home-grown, essentialising politics of identity.
Politics Theory Other: Israel's radicalising ethnonationalism w/ Richard Seymour

The latest episode of the Politics Theory Other podcast.
The Future is Degrowth: A Five Book Plan

To celebrate Earth Day, the authors of The Future Is Degrowth suggest five books to contextualize the demands of a system hell-bent on perpetual growth and to help conceptualize a world centered around a vision of global ecological justice.
How To Blow Up A Pipeline: A 5 Book Plan

How to Blow Up a Pipeline is in theaters everywhere! Director/co-writer Daniel Goldhaber, producers/co-writers Jordan Sjol and Ariela Barer, and editor Daniel Garber provide a five book plan for confronting the looming climate apocalypse.
The police: between fantasy and instinct

"The police are workers in violence, it is in this explicit capacity that society delegates them, and it is in this capacity that they have chosen this profession, which one does not choose by chance." In this intervention, Frédéric Lordon argues that violence is intrinsic to the social position of police.
When the cup of endurance runs over

It begins with a slashed SUV tire...
How to Access Your Existing Verso Books Account in Our New Store

Our online orders will now be processed through Shopify. Here's how you can access your existing Verso Books account in our new online store.
Winning for a Moment

The Columbine High School massacre marked a turning point in the eyes of many, in that it implied the conscious creation of a mise-en-scène, given the meticulous preparation and the elaboration of intellectual motivations.
Against Nature | Raj Patel & Tina Ngata

On a new episode of the Verso Podcast, Raj Patel and Tina Ngata explore the historical connections between the exploitation of nature and people.
Announcing our re-launched Verso Podcast!

The home of radical thinking: where leading Verso thinkers, activists and authors discuss the big ideas of our time.
Five Book Plan: Apartheid PR, boycotts and backlash

Hil Aked picks five books on the propaganda of apartheid states, the social movements boycotting them in response to their racially discriminatory policies, and the repressive state-led backlashes these movements face.
Cruising for a bruising? Critiquing the British Zionist movement (while trans)

An essay from Hil Aked, author of Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity.