Communism is Freedom
Ideas about a future society won't in themselves bring us to a better future, but ideas can function as points of orientation for collective struggle. What should the communism we fight for look like?
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Theorizing the Climate Crisis
How different theories of the climate crisis shape our understanding of what must be done.
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Verso staff picks
We pick our favorite books from Verso's publishing. -
Feral Girl Summer
Every hour is happy hour if you have a good book. -
Shades of Grey
The release of two recent books on the history of East Germany has reignited debates on the meaning of historical memory in Central Europe. Here, Lizzy Kinch asks what the controversy means about Germany's past and its political future. -
The State of Capitalism: a Letter from the Editor
One of our August Verso Book Club selections. -
Labours of Love: Helen Hester & Sarah Jaffe
Helen Hester and Sarah Jaffe join Eleanor Penny to discuss the care crisis, and how we might organise care differently for a more equitable and free future.
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The Popular Resistance Napoleon Could not Defeat
Chris Bambery, author of A People’s History of Scotland, reviews Ronald Fraser’s Napoleon’s Cursed War, out now in paperback. -
Nancy Fraser talks to Verso Books
In this in-depth interview Nancy Fraser discusses capitalism, gender oppression, Marxism, and the post-left populist moment. -
DYSTOPIAN ON TRIAL: ALICE COLEMAN'S ARCHITECTURAL DETERMINISM
Marking the death of Margaret Thatcher’s favourite urbanist, Alice Coleman, Robert Bevan, the author of Monumental Lies, explores her legacy and shows how her argument on the negative powers of design persist. -
Introduction to Paths of Revolution
The great historian Adolfo Gilly passed away on July 4, 2023. In his honor, we are publishing an extract of Tony Wood's introduction to his book, Paths of Revolution. -
Capital and Culture: Musil's Politics
Robert Musil was one of the great novelists of twentieth-century Europe. A recently translated collection of his essays, Literature and Politics, Drew Dickerson argues, can help us see more clearly the historical and political context of his masterpiece, The Man without Qualities.
