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Bruno Amable, author of forthcoming The Last Neoliberal, explores how the ‘visionary’ speeches of the current French leaders to reveal an authoritarian turn.

Alain Brossat and Alain Naze argues that every revolution involves storming the places of power. Surely, the insurrection by the alt-right on January 6th should not cause crocodile tears on the part of those who seek radical change?

Andreas Malm makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse.

Alice Swift on the history of Reclaim the Power and Ende Gelände.

"Who manages the digital commons? As the public sphere becomes an privatised platform, who watches the watchmen?" –Leo Hollis, editor

Who are the activists of Extinction Rebellion, and how has their particular set of tactics come to set the limits for climate activism?

Introducing this month's Verso Roundtable, a series of three articles in conversation with Andreas Malm's How to Blow Up a Pipeline. 

In an extract from his new book, Andy Merrifield visits Marx's grave in Highgate Cemetery and argues that his thinking has never been more urgent or alive.

"It’s an intimate revolution of a book. If enough people read it, well—we’ll all have Katherine to thank for making our tomorrows much, much better." – Jessie Kindig, editor

Jacques Ranciere reflects on the end of the Trump presidency and asks how this decline into unreason reconstructed what democracy means

Chris Vials explores the history of fascism under Mussolini and in Latin America to interpret the mayhem at the Capitol on January 6.