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Archive of May Day Manifesto 1968

    Raymond Williams
    11 January 2022
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    Raymond Williams: When Was Modernism?

    Here, published for the first time, is an extract from the renowned socialist cultural theorist Raymond Williams's famous ‘When Was Modernism?’ lecture, delivered at the University of Bristol in March 1987, and taken from the newly published Culture and Politics: Class, Writing, Socialism – the first Williams book for more than three decades to include new material.

    Verso Books
    19 November 2018
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    Verso End of Year Highlights 2018

    Featuring books on migration, identity politics, the rise of right-wing populism and the struggles of 1968.

    Verso Books
    18 November 2018
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    History: A Verso Bookshelf

    Our essential titles on radical histories.

    Andy Merrifield
    17 May 2018
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    “Fulfillment was already there”: Debord & ’68

    Andy Merrifield discusses the influence of Guy Debord and the Situationist International on the events of May '68.

    Tariq Ali
    17 May 2018
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    We Shall Fight, We Will Win: On The Black Dwarf and 1968

    The radical newspaper The Black Dwarf played a pivotal role in the British left in the late '60s. In this introduction to the magazine by Tariq Ali, it's editor for the first years of its existence, Ali discusses the influences behind the formation of the magazine and the role its played in the events of 1968 in Britain.

    Sheila Rowbotham
    16 May 2018
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    Women: The Struggle for Freedom...

    In 1969, The Black Dwarf published an issue on "The Year of the Militant Woman". Reproduced below is the centrepiece article of the issue, Rowbotham's powerful manifesto of women's liberation - an article which broke new ground on the left in Britain. As Rowbotham wrote later, "everyday details such as these were not part of the language of politics in 1969."

    Jean-Jacques Lebel
    16 May 2018
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    The Night of May 10, 1968 - extract from The Back Dwarf 13,1

    In this extract from the first issue of The Black Dwarf, Jean-Jacques Lebel gives a vivid first-hand account of the events of May '68 in Paris

    Verso Books
    15 May 2018
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    A look at 1968 through posters

    Activist posters from 1968 movements around the world, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the uprisings.

    Verso Books
    04 May 2018
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    The Best Books on Marx

    To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx, a range of Marxists choose their favourite book by and about the great man. With contributions from China Miéville, Sara Farris, Mike Davis, Esther Leslie and more!

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