On March 22nd at 2pm EST / 7pm GMT the VBC Reading Group will be joined by Timothy Mitchell, acclaimed author of Carbon Democracy, to discuss his latest book, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow. We'll be joined by Noah Kulwin, co-host of Blowback.

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The VBC Reading Group is open to all Book Club members. You can join the Book Club for as little as $10 / £8 per month, with no commitment.

Timothy Mitchell is a political theorist and historian who has written about colonialism, Middle East politics, economics, expert knowledge in the government of collective life, and the history and politics of energy. His previous books include Carbon Democracy, Rule of Experts, Questions of Modernity, and Colonising Egypt. 

Noah Kulwin is a writer, journalist, and co-host of the history podcast Blowback. His work appears in The New Statesman, The Intercept, Jewish Currents, Defector, The Drift, New York Magazine, The New York Times, and others. 

About the VBC Reading Group

As the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, we believe that a revolutionary pedagogy is vital to building a liberatory future. This new addition to the Verso Book Club moves beyond the initial reading of a book, asking readers to dig into the critical, though often messy, next stage of discussing, arguing, reflecting, and expanding upon the text.

Each month, we will meet over Zoom to hear from the authors themselves, or from a scholar, writer, or thinker who has had a key influence on the topic at hand. Guest speakers are not asked to lecture per se, but to be in conversation with their own reading of the text, highlighting key moments, explicating subtleties, and suggesting questions for further dialogue in advance of small group discussion. We also encourage members to self-organize either in person or virtual satellite meetups.

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