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Looking at the pandemic in its wider political context.

A response to the debate on terrorism and war: the need to avoid escalating forms of repression in the face of attacks by using justice and the rule of law rather than violence.

Matt Kerr, a former postal worker and current union organiser, on the value of post and the parallels between his experiences and Long Live the Post Horn! 

Publishing for our 50th anniversary.

Our top 20 books on activism and anti-capitalist resistance, the perfect introduction to left politics.

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Verso Books talks to David Roediger about his work on the intersections of race and class in American society, and his latest book. 

Shigraf Zahbi remembers the great Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, on the anniversary of his death.

"What resulted from Emma’s five years of hard work is an exceptional book. It documents not only the consequences of a decade of austerity in Britain, but offers a fresh lens through which to understand the rise of neoliberalism and its mode of governance." –Rosie Warren, editor

"What is remarkable about Andreas’s writing, to me, is that in reading this book, it’s immediately clear that destruction, sabotage, and occupation are acts of love." – Jessie Kindig, editor

From escapism to the end of policing, we bring you 10 books that have defined this strange year.

An interview with Houria Bouteldja, founder of the Parti des Indigènes de la République.