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Archive of Set the Night on Fire

    Verso Books
    28 December 2020
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    19 November 2020
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    18 November 2020
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    Our 2020 publishing highlights

    Publishing in an extraordinary time: we share our highlights from, and experience of, this year.

    Mike DavisAdam Shatz
    17 September 2020
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    The American Earthquake: Mike Davis and the Politics of Disaster

    Adam Shatz's classic profile of Mike Davis from 1997. Shatz touches on the writing and success of City of Quartz, Davis's time working at New Left Review, and his general refusal to uncritically follow the postmodern trends of class-skeptical left intellectual life into the late 20th century. 

    Verso Books
    12 August 2020
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    Bestsellers of 2020

    The bestselling books of 2020, including Vivian Gornick, Adorno, Angela Davis, Mike Davis, and Judith Butler.

    Angela Y. Davis
    30 June 2020
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    Angela Davis: The Political Prisoner

    The political prisoner has played a central role in the history of modern liberation struggles, argues Angela Davis. 

    Mike DavisJon Wiener
    16 June 2020
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    How LAPD chief William H. Parker influenced the depiction of policing on the TV show Dragnet

    LAPD Chief William H. Parker was initially wary of Dragnet but also saw the opportunity to publicize his views on law and order. LAPD advisors closely examined the script to guarantee that the LAPD officers on Dragnet were ethical, efficient, terse and white.

    Verso Books
    11 June 2020
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    Verso Books
    02 June 2020
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    Abolition and Black Struggle

    The police have always been used as a tool for the social control of minority populations and to protect the power and property of the elite. A reading list that puts the call for the abolishment of the police in historical context.

    Verso Books
    19 May 2020
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    Top 25 selling ebooks of Red May

    Our top 25 selling ebooks in the Red May sale.

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