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Commentators and self-styled experts have been quick to jump to hasty conclusions about what is driving the present bout of discontent in Iran. 

Étienne Balibar lays down the political conditions for a historic refoundation of the EU, based on a new type of federation.

Our end-of-year sale has ended for 2017.

Absurd at it will seem, this episode of prosecutorial overreach should not be laughed off, even with a first set of acquittals in hand. Its obscene falsity has within it a moment of truth.

Alain Badiou debates Laurent Joffrin, a reformist (and editor of Libération newspaper), who defends existing social democracy. 

A look back at our most read blog posts of the year. 

Lynne Segal on the revolutionary power of joy and how to keep political optimism alive in contemporary capitalism.

25 classics from the Verso archive.

The case of Thomas Guénolé concerns us as antiracist and anticolonialist Jews because he represents a worrying tendency in leftist political thought, particularly in France.

Johanna Brenner considers a variety of strategies by which caregiving might be socialized outside the institutions of family and household.

With several exciting new presses launching, we are never (ever) short of books to read! Here's some of our non-Verso favourites this year, chosen by staff in New York and London.