The Politics of Women’s Blues
Hazel V. Carby considers the sexual politics of women's blues and focuses on black women as cultural producers and performers in the 1920s.
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We came here for better opportunities … And what, in reality, did we find?
The Brixton Black Women’s Group describes the triple jeopardy they faced; as workers, as women, and as Black people.
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10 Books to Read on International Women's Day
Taking International Women's Day back to its radical roots.
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The New McCarthyism: a personal testimony
In November, Professor Warren Montag gave a talk at his university arguing that "anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism." For Palestine Uncensored, he recounts the ADL's campaign to get him fired as retaliation. -
Destroying capitalism: Lordon and Bookchin, a cross-examination
Victor Cartan considers the work of Frédéric Lordon and Murray Bookchin together in this essay. -
Bernstein at the Waldorf
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro reveals a reflexive effort to defang the radicalism of the first great American conductor while covering the tracks of an oppressive regime. -
How We Walk: a Letter from the Editor
How We Walk: Frantz Fanon and the Politics of the Body by Matthew Beaumont is one of our March Verso Book Club options. -
Testimonial 20: Cancellation of Anaïs Duplan's exhibition at Museum Folkwang
Artists respond to the Essen-based Museum Folkwang's cancellation of Anaïs Duplan's exhibition after Duplan spoke out in solidarity with Palestine and condemned Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza. -
Against Art-Washing
Opening in April this year, the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale has caused controversy by refusing to take a stand on the brutal ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza. Signatories of Art Not Genocide Alliance argue that it is time for the Biennale to cancel the Israeli pavilion and refuse to provide a platform for the art-washing of genocide. -
Sabri Hammoudeh: A life in exile
Testimonial 19 of our Palestine Uncensored series details the life of Sabri Hammoudeh, a Palestinian refugee who was displaced during the Nakba in 1948. -
Roberto Mangabeira Unger: A Restless Visionary
Books by one of the leading philosophers and political thinkers in the world today.
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A family’s fight for survival in Rafah
A family moves from home to a friend’s house, to a hospital, and back home again—but doesn’t feel safe anywhere.
