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  • Who was Eleanor Marx?

    Who was Eleanor Marx?

    Eleanor Marx is one of the most tragically overlooked radical figures in history. Sally Alexander explores her outstanding contribution to radical history.

  • Alain Badiou: We are at a new beginning of Marxist thought

    Alain Badiou: We are at a new beginning of Marxist thought

    In this interviewed with the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou around the publication of his latest book Petrograd, Shanghaï (La Fabrique, 2018), he discusses the revolutionary legacy of the twentieth century and the future of Marxist theory.

  • Building a “Green New Deal”: Lessons From the Original New Deal

    Building a “Green New Deal”: Lessons From the Original New Deal

    Demands centering on the need for a "Green New Deal", focused on the creation of a public works “green jobs” infrastructure policy, have helped energise the American left in recent weeks. In this article Matt Huber offers four vital lessons from the original New Deal that contemporary activists and policymakers must learn.

  • Should We Defend the University? Between Market Constraints and Academic Utopia

    Should We Defend the University? Between Market Constraints and Academic Utopia

    Although the university space has historically been a site of autonomy and resistance, the last few decades have seen market forces invade this sanctuary of critical thought. But is it enough to oppose the ideal of the autonomy of knowledge and science to the commercial imperatives and bureaucratic controls that govern many universities today? In this essay, first published on Contretemps in 2006, Daniel Bensaïd argues that critical forces in the university must move beyond a defence of the "sanctuary" status, towards the creation of a broader strategy of social transformation, that can only be achieved by collaborating with other centres of knowledge production.

  • Disappear together, March together

    Disappear together, March together

    France’s Rosa Parks Collective has called for a “disappearance” on 30 November: a strike from workplaces, schools, universities, and even social media, to be followed by protests on 1 December. Driven by anti-racist movements and their allies, the Collective insists that there can be “No France without Us”. In this vein, it has combined opposition to police violence with a mobilization against state racism, attacks on migrants, unemployment, neoliberalism and colonial counter-revolution.

  • Verso Spring 2019 Catalogue

    Verso Spring 2019 Catalogue

    Our Spring 2019 catalogue is here! Featuring new books from Fredric Jameson, Natasha Lennard, Priyamvada Gopal, James Meek and more.