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Ominous Developments Surround Lumumba | Andrée Blouin
“On the eve of independence, this great country had to undergo such things—to write its history in letters of tears and blood. Poor Congo!”
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The Southern Questions series
A new series focusing on decolonisation and its aftermath: featuring Andrée Blouin's autobiography, and Adewale Maja-Pearce's uncompromising look at Nigeria’s crisis of democracy.
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Why does the left talk so much about work? Verso Reading on Labor and Marxism
Books on work and Marxist theory, from across 50 years of publishing at Verso!
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Social Murder, Social Rage: the Luigi Mangione Reading List
"If there's an audience with an appetite for blood it was created by the very industry and elites who now condemn it."
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Myths About Israel: Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé joins the Verso Podcast to discuss false histories, apartheid, and genocide. -
New Left Review 150, out now
Matthew Karp charts the continuities underlying Trump’s two victories, probing the causes of voter disengagement at a time of heightened geopolitical tension. -
Best Books of the Year: according to the critics
Critically-acclaimed and included in recent 2024 Best Books round-ups in the Guardian, Financial Times, ArtReview and more.
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SHAME!
The Post-October 7th Case of Toufic Haddad, former Director of the Council for British Research in the Levant Jerusalem Office, the Kenyon Institute. -
Verso Specials: Matteo Pasquinelli
Matteo Pasquinelli on artificial intelligence, the division of labour, and digital utopias.
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Putting West Papua back into history
Douglas Gerrard on how Indonesia's genocidal occupation of West Papua is written out of history. -
Genocide Leaves No Illusions Intact
As part of a symposium, in Berlin, 5 October 2024, philosopher and activist, Yasmeen Daher on how German public discourse surrounding Palestine has been silenced, impacting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the broader issue of Palestinian lives. -
The Year in 10 Books | 2024
In the era of polycrisis, these books will help you understand the past tumultuous year, and how to fight in the face of despair.
