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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.

Continuing the debate sparked by his essay, 'The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth', Andreas Malm responds to Matan Kaminer's recent critique of his position on supporting the Palestinian resistance.

Although Jews have been at their forefront, demonstrations in support of a ceasefire and Palestinian liberation have been criticized as antisemitic by politicians and mainstream media in an effort to discredit the movement's demands. Here, Warren Montag explores this phenomenon.

Robert T. Tally Jr revisits Fredric Jameson's Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism for the eighth instalment of our Jameson at 90 series.