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Tariq Ali on the death of world-class criminal, Henry Kissinger

At last. He’s finally gone.
Cancellation of Gaza Forum, University of Arkansas – Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 8

Historian of the Middle East Joel Gordon shares his story of academic censorship after being forced to indefinitely postpone an event with Ted Swedenburg on Palestine/Israel and Israel's war in Gaza.
The Second British Revolution

In the years leading up to World War I, Britain was rocked by an unprecedented upsurge of labor militancy. As James Robins writes, as millions went on strike across the country, was this Britain's lost revolution?
Enzo Traverso: The war in Gaza ‘blurs the memory of the Holocaust'

In this interview, the Italian historian Enzo Traverso warns against the devastating effects of using the memory of the Holocaust to justify the ‘genocidal war’ being waged by the Israeli army in Gaza.
The creation of a new refugee

Laura Robson charts the creation of “Palestine refugees,” which became a valuable way of differentiating between displaced Europeans and Palestinians post-1948.
Introduction to the Second Edition of Non-Places

A provocative study of the ‘non-space’ which defines our age’s love for excess of information and space.
Imperialism in Theory

Costas Lapavitsas and the EReNSEP Writing Collective take a historically concrete approach to try to fix the meaning of imperialism in political economy.
Andreas Malm on Palestine, Climate Activism and over-shooting 1.5 °C

Andreas Malm in conversation with his Verso editor, Sebastian Budgen.
Breaking Britain: Danny Dorling & Chantelle Lewis

Danny Dorling and Chantelle Lewis join Eleanor Penny to discuss the state of the British nation, amidst plummeting living standards and skyrocketing inequality.
On the war in Israel/Palestine

Michael Warschawski explains the historical context behind Israel's current siege in Gaza and the necessity of standing in solidarity with Palestinians.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 7, Letter from artists and curator to the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (CAC)

The director and staff of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (CAC) have neglected to publish a Palestine solidarity statement written by the artists and curator of A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid, which is currently on view at the CAC. We publish their letter in full in Testimonial 7 of our Palestine Uncensored series.
The United States and Gaza

Eliot Weinberger makes sense of the response in the United States to the invasion of Gaza.