Poised between disaster and revolution, New York City is in the midst of a compound crisis, one that exacerbates the violent inequalities and explosive contradictions of racial capitalism that underlie the emergencies of our time.
The global pandemic has revealed "the death drive at the heart of the capitalist machine".
Asad Haider and Rafael Khachaturian discuss emancipation and marxism, from the Sanders campaign to a new autonomous movement against state racism and repression.
Jen Marlowe reports from Seattle on antiracist mutual aid — with bikes!
Key titles from across Verso's many series and imprints.
A report on the history and present day reality of police violence in India.
Key titles on activism and global resistance, from movements for Black liberation and climate justice to labor organizing and anti-colonial struggles.
'From colonialism to apartheid and through to contemporary South Africa, it is the threat presented by the masses which means they need to be permanently contained, and this remains the enduring imperative of policing practices.'
'In France, it is possible to be supremely racist, all the while affirming, hand on heart, that race does not exist.' Hassina Mechaï on the sleight of hand that obscures the structures of French racism, evident in the language and tactics of the police.
Police brutality is endemic in modern Kenya, and a legacy of British colonial rule, write community organisers Gacheke Gachihi and Esther Waigumo Njoki.
'The question of public security, policing and racism can no longer be separated from the overall question of Brazilian democracy itself – if it ever could.' Alex Hochuli reports on the lethal police tactics flourishing under the Bolsonaro regime.
This week on the Verso Blog, we bring you reports on the past and present roles of the police in five different countries.