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It's the final day of our Black History Month reading sale, featuring both new and classic titles on Black History - including Walter Rodney's Decolonial Marxism, a previously unpublished collection of Rodney’s essays on Marxism

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This book has long deserved an improved translation. Good to see it get one.

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It's very difficult indeed to read about the murder of my former colleague and friend, Jamal Khashoggi, as I start this just published book, Unholy Kingdom by Malise Ruthven. He is much missed. @versobooks.bsky.social #JamalKhashoggi

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"When Fortunati was working on The Arcana of Reproduction, her approach was iconoclastic – for, as the title of the book suggests, few social realities have been so manipulated as the sphere of reproduction, especially in Italy where years of Fascism had turned maternity into a religion."

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On our latest episode, we spoke with Adam Greenfield, author of the new book, "Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves In a World" out from @versobooks.bsky.social. itsgoingdown.org/the-long-eme...

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“Knowledge of history can never tell us exactly what to think or do in a given situation; it only offers a richer reservoir of possibilities to think about.” - read an excerpt from a new collection of Paul W. Schroeder's work, America’s Fatal Leap: 1991-2016. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

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“The debate is really not over who or what initiated the crisis, but who or what was behind it, what aims, decisions, drives, and actions by which powers genuinely caused the war.” - Paul W. Schroeder. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

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Walter Rodney's ambitious masterwork of political economy, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is part of our Black History Month sale. Rodney makes the unflinching case that African maldevelopment is not a natural feature, but a direct product of imperial extraction.

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A really interesting review of Kjell Östberg's book, The Rise and Fall of Swedish Social Democracy (@versobooks.bsky.social), in @bostonreview.bsky.social, which stresses that "The core features of Swedish social democracy proved to be its undoing." www.bostonreview.net/articles/can...

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Out today - The Arcana of Reproduction: Housewives, Prostitutes, Workers and Capital by Leopoldina Fortunati The definitive feminist analysis of reproductive and caring labor to emerge from Italian feminism of the 1970s

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Out today - Unholy Kingdom: Religion, Corruption and Violence in Saudi Arabia by Malise Ruthven This essential book traces the shifting fault lines in the Middle East to determine Saudi Arabia’s place in our volatile times

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Three new titles out today! Save 30% on related books from our catalogue with the purchase of new Verso titles

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‘For more than 60 years, NLR has remained loyal to its Marxist origins as a journal of the left for readers on the left, who are happy with its Olympian readings of world events, even if they’re also quick to dissent.’ Jeremy Harding on ‘New Left Review’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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There's not long to go before @alexbollen.bsky.social will be at the bookshop celebrating the launch of Motherdom. With over 20 years of research under her belt, we're looking forward to an insightful & educational evening. 📚 Join us Wed 12th March: goldenharebooks.com/products/mot...

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Eager to read Nick Dyer-Witheford's latest book from @versobooks.bsky.social; increasingly relevant reading www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/a...

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New online: @brettchristophers.bsky.social and @adamtooze.bsky.social in conversation, moderated by @katearonoff.bsky.social, about the climate crisis and the limits of capitalism. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

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For the final week of Black History Month we're offering a collection featuring both new and classic titles on Black History - on sale for 40% off. Buy two or more from this list and the discount will extend to all books on our website. (up to 3)

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@versobooks.bsky.social book haul :)

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A heads-up: I will be on Thinking Allowed tmw at 3.30pm talking about crowds and my new book, Multitudes @versobooks.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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‘Ali’s perpetual opposition to Washington’s foreign policies – sometimes dismissed by his enemies as radical chic, an eternal political adolescence – is shown to be rooted in something real and personal.’ Andy Beckett reads Tariq Ali’s memoir: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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A Spectre Haunts the Planet (spoiler: it's Big Tech’s billionaire oligarchs and finance capitalists). Read more from Cybernetic Circulation Complex: Big Tech and Planetary Crisis by Nick Dyer-Witheford and Alessandra Mularoni www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

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🧵Housing is political. The home is where our hopes and dreams play out, and it lies at the heart of our lives. This is where we rest, eat, and relax. The home we enjoy can determine our health, life expectancy, and day-to-day well-being.

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Holly Pester has written a lovely and thoughtful review of Feeling at Home (and Holly's novel the Lodgers is wonderful too!) @versobooks.bsky.social www.frieze.com/article/alva...

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To celebrate the 177th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto, we present Eric Hobsbawm's Introduction to our 2012 Edition

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An Aquarius. No surprise.

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Happy birthday! 🥳😘✊ #Marxism

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On the 177th anniversary of The Communist Manifesto, read Tariq Ali's introduction to the Verso edition of the monumental text.

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The Communist Manifesto was published on this day in 1848. To celebrate, we've created a list of books on Marx and other key Marxists texts. Save up to 40% on these select titles - including preorders for Kevin B. Anderson's upcoming book, The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads.

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I've reviewed Brigitte Studer's masterful recent history of the Comintern and the "professional revolutionaries" who dedicated their lives to its service, 'Travellers Of The World Revolution' (@versobooks.bsky.social) for @jacobinmag.bsky.social. jacobin.com/2025/02/comi...

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For episode 1 of This Must Be The Place @claraish.bsky.social and @jackwitek.bsky.social spoke to writer and organiser @alvagotby.bsky.social about moving away from the private home, collective living & how vital care is in life and organising Feeling At Home is out now on @versobooks.bsky.social.

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Huge news for kids raised in the Ontario Catholic school system:

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In dialogue with authors such as Primo Levi, Annie Ernaux, Virginie Despentes and James Baldwin, Frédéric Gros explores a concept that is little understood in its depth – shame. Now available for preorder - A Philosophy of Shame by Frédéric Gros www.versobooks.com/products/306...

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What is the future of the image in the age of climate change and artificial technology? Now available for preorder - Medium Hot: Images in The Age of Heat by Hito Steyerl

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‘“The useful idiots of the empire”, “the empire loyalists”, “the belligerati”: Ali’s contempt has the fluency of someone who has taken part in factional battles for decades.’ Andy Beckett reads Tariq Ali’s memoir: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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New books out this week - Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police by Mark Neocleous and two new titles Paul W. Schroeder, both featuring introductions from Perry Anderson Buy one and save 30% on related books from our catalogue www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/t...

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Trump’s second term seems set to accelerate the growth of the far right around the world. Richard Seymour’s recent book Disaster Nationalism by @versobooks.bsky.social can help us understand what’s happening, writes @colinwlondon.bsky.social revsoc21.uk/2025/02/19/r...

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Three new titles out today! Save 30% on related books from our catalogue with the purchase of new Verso titles!

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spectrejournal.com/lula-in-hist... Alice Y. Taylor's review of Fernando Morais's Lula ( @versobooks.bsky.social ) is live on our website.

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I interviewed Bev Best about her book, The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Vale in Marx’s Capital. Up now at @endnotesjournal.bsky.social endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o...

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We are very happy to publish this interview by @seanobrien.bsky.social with Beverly Best about her recent book: "The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx’s Capital" (@versobooks.bsky.social 2024) endnotes.org.uk/posts/sean-o...

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Three months since Against the Crisis was published with @versobooks.bsky.social! Just wanted to say I am overwhelmed by all the fantastic feedback. And 🙏 to everyone who has read, shared, and reached out. Get your copy here: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

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Out tomorrow! Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police by Mark Neocleous A sustained critique of the theory and practice of pacification; combining philosophical analysis with history to examine how state & capital combine to build a pacified social order. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

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A few months ago the brilliant @versobooks.bsky.social did a fundraiser after the collapse of their UK distributor. I was happy to support, and now the cool swag has arrived to the folk who donated. Hope to see more of these pins on the streets! 📕🥰✊👀

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In case anyone's interested, Alex and I said in this @versobooks.bsky.social book 3 years ago (writing a year before that, of course) that we were probably about to see a restoration of technocratic centrism but that it wouldn't be able to hold for long. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

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We stand in solidarity with The Educational Bookshop! Please donate to this fundraiser from Saqi Books, which will help keep Educational Bookshop afloat after the store was raided and the booksellers arrested by Israeli authorities. www.gofundme.com/f/jerusalems...

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Such an important book. Grateful to @versobooks.bsky.social’s Southern Questions series for the republication!

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