Archive of Toward Freedom

In this except from the influential essay "Slavery, Race, and Ideology in the United States of America," Barbara J. Fields begins to trace the genealogy of American racial ideology.

Books that outline the function of race as a form of capitalist domination, from across 50 years of publishing at Verso: all 40% off until the end of September.

The most pressing debates in left theory, from 50 years of radical publishing.

A reading list of utopian thinking featuring Leslie Kern, Aaron Bastani, James Bridle, Andrea Long Chu, and Lizzie O’Shea.

40% off all our books through June, plus FREE eBooks announced each week!

Books that challenge the notion of empire and offer a history of anti-colonial, anti-racist struggle.

A reading list of US politics books on what to learn from the Bernie Sanders campaign, the legacy of Henry Wallace, the emotion driving members of the US Communist Party in the mid twentieth century and more.