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Christian P. Haines reflects on Fredric Jameson's The Seeds of Time and the painfulness of utopia for our Jameson at 90 series.

The revolutions of the queer future beckon.

Eric Hazan passed away on 6 June 2024. Tariq Ali reflects here on his lifetime of political commitment and intellectual creativity.

Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire by Adam Greenfield is one of our Verso Book Club July reads.

Happy Apocalypse: A History of Technological Risk by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz is one of our Verso Book Club July reads.

The repression of pro-Palestine speech since October 7 has sparked new demands from the Left that free speech be protected – including bigoted speech on the Right. In this essay, Sneha Krishnan argues that there can be no equivalence drawn between racist and anti-racist speech.

Marina Garcés lays out the need for critical dissent as a new beginning for the humanities in apocalyptic times.

In the face of political despair, we present books that radically imagine what our futures could look like.

Alberto Toscano reflects on Fredric Jameson's The Geopolitical Aesthetic as part of our Jameson at 90 series.

For the 10th instalment of our Jameson at 90 series, Clint Burnham revisits Fredric Jameson's Signatures of the Visible.

Ruth Wilson Gilmore & Owen Hatherley join the Verso Podcast to discuss Mike Davis and the geography of struggle.

In April, South Africa celebrated 30 years since the formal end of apartheid. While the country faces many challenges today, South Africa's unwavering solidarity with Palestine demonstrates an enduring commitment to internationalism – a proud legacy of the anti-apartheid liberation movement.