Verso Books
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Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Current non-fiction reading: "Class, Crisis and the State" by Erik Olin Wright. I love Wright - he's a hero of mine, alas departed. This is a republished early work of his - Marxist sociology, I suppose. Hard-core but fascinating and readable. Thanks @versobooks.bsky.social
“All forms of technological innovation in the past have been used to diminish the power of labor. So whatever else happens with AI, we are absolutely certain to see the further diminution of the power of labor.” davidharvey.org/2026/07/inte...
Interview: David Harvey on Marx and Capitalism
Doomscroll Podcast with Joshua CitarellaWhitney Museum of American ArtJuly 28, 2026 The Story of Capital is available now from Verso Books.
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Today my book on the Dutch neoliberal turn is officially out with Verso Books! Thanks for the wonderful blurbs from @quinnslobodian.com, @mkonings.bsky.social, Stephanie Mudge, Niklas Olsen and @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social. Will be presenting the book in september. More info below
No Nonsense
In the 1980s, Dutch politics underwent a neoliberal turn overseen by the Christian Democrat Ruud Lubbers. It formed part of an international trend, famously spearheaded by Reagan and Thatcher. What w...
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In "The Next Fix" (@versobooks.bsky.social) Kojo Koram asks, 'What is it about modern life that makes so many feel like we need something – a pill, a drink, a smoke – just to get through the day?' Chuck answers that PLUS a 2002 talk with drug war refugee Renee Boje. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...
ONLY on Patreon: Why the War on Drugs is Futile and a 2002 Talk with a Drug War Refugee | This Is Hell!
In this week's rant, Chuck talks about "America's Favorite Pastime": weed, pills, psychedelics and booze. This week's classic archived inte
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ICYMI: @blbalthaser.bsky.social 's review essay on @leninology.bsky.social 's Disaster Nationalism ( @versobooks.bsky.social ) is still live on our website.
@journalspectre.bsky.social · 2w agoFrom "Spectacles of Fascism in an Age of Exhaustion," Benjamin Balthaser's review of Seymour's Disaster Nationalism: the left’s answer to the crisis of capitalism cannot be mere economism; it will need to offer a vision of real freedom and desire... spectrejournal.com/spectacles-o...
Starting a new run of chapter-by-chapter summaries. Currently reading the fascinating The Rulers by @ceciliarikap.bsky.social from @versobooks.bsky.social . Today I’ll start with the introduction. 1/5
In our latest issue, @lorenzo-feltrin.bsky.social previews his new book, Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within, from @versobooks.bsky.social 🌎 www.briefecology.com/the-eco-upda...
Book Release | Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within — Brief Ecology
by Lorenzo Feltrin
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My latest book review @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation: 1948 – 1968 www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260801-pal... (@versobooks.bsky.social)
Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation: 1948 – 1968
Assassinated in Lebanon by Israel in 1972, Palestinian intellectual Ghassan Kanafani is mostly renowned for his anti-colonial resistance, political writings and works of literary fiction. Palestini…
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Another excellent recommendation for #WITMonth: Repetition by Vigdis Hjorth, translated from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund 🇳🇴📚 #WomenInTranslation @versobooks.bsky.social
Incredibly excited for this. Tash is both an incredible, electrifying writer and a comrade of the higher order. On Un/Certainty will, i have no doubt, be one of the books of the year
Natasha Lennard@natashalennard.bsky.social · last wk."stimulating treatise... her energetic challenges to the status quo are timely and intellectually robust".... thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for lovely first review of On UnCertainty, @versobooks.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9781804295618
"stimulating treatise... her energetic challenges to the status quo are timely and intellectually robust".... thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for lovely first review of On UnCertainty, @versobooks.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9781804295618
On Un/Certainty: The Uses of Doubt in Dangerous Times by Natasha Lennard
While doubt and uncertainty can be fear-inducing, the entrenched certainties on which society rests are far more dangerous, acco...
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📚 EPISODE 260! 📚 In today’s episode, we discuss the book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social (and published by @versobooks.bsky.social).
The author of “Motherhood” answers our questions about her reading habits. www.newyorker.com/books/what-w...
Three Books Sheila Heti Recommends
The author of “Motherhood” answers our questions about her reading habits.
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Natasha Lennard@natashalennard.bsky.social · last wk."stimulating treatise... her energetic challenges to the status quo are timely and intellectually robust".... thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for lovely first review of On UnCertainty, @versobooks.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9781804295618
@kojokoram.bsky.social on his new book, "The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs" (@versobooks.bsky.social). We also had this week's Hangover Cure, Rotten History and some of your answers to the Question from Hell! Join to keep us free! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...
New Free Hell! Kojo Koram on 'The Next Fix' and the Future of Drug Law | This Is Hell!
Kojo Koram, author of, "The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs" (Verso Books). Kojo will be speaking with us live from
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Interview: David Harvey on Marx and Capitalism Doomscroll Podcast with Joshua Citarella Whitney Museum of American Art July 28, 2026 davidharvey.org/2026/07/inte...
Interview: David Harvey on Marx and Capitalism
Doomscroll Podcast with Joshua CitarellaWhitney Museum of American ArtJuly 28, 2026 The Story of Capital is available now from Verso Books.
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We are partnering with @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy to celebrate John Berger’s centenary! The first two guests to arrive at select film screenings on July 29th, 30, 31st and August 3rd and 5th will receive a free copy of Hold Everything Dear from the Verso Books table. Details below:
Book Discussions Anton Jager's Hyperpolitics on @versobooks.bsky.social is a fascinating look at how we went from the super-engaged early 20th Century through the apolitical 90s to the hyperpolitical defeatism of the 2010s. Full review at The Chicago Commons: thechicagocommons.com/2026/07/14/w...
📚 @samgrinsell.bsky.social on Timothy Mitchell's The Alibi for Capital (@versobooks.bsky.social) "This book offers an urgent new critique; all of us interested in the past and future of urban living will need to rise to its challenge of temporal rethinking" 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow. London and New York: Verso, 2026. xi + 388pp. 4 figures. £30/$34.95US/$45.95CAN....
Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow. London and New York: Verso, 2026. xi + 388pp. 4 figures. £30/45.95CAN.
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While climate policy treats nature as a business, pricing ecological damage does not resolve the crisis that markets helped produce. Our book of the week explores how ecological limits become integrated into capitalist accumulation. By Emanuele Leonardi on @versobooks.bsky.social buff.ly/40CBDYV
"Most of all, Harvey communicates the hopefulness of Marx. He still wants to spread one of Marx’s most important messages: 'Collectively, we can indeed change this world.'" The Story of Capital reviewed in @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2113...
David Harvey’s Masterclass in Marx
The Story of Capital connects the world of the academy and the world of the street protest.
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New Free Hell! Tuesday, @kojokoram.bsky.social on "The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs" (@versobooks.bsky.social) on day it's published. Wednesday, Fintan Drury on "Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Palestine" (Irish Academic Press). www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...
This Week In Hell! Drugs and Genocide | This Is Hell!
Tuesday, we will be joined by Kojo Koram, author of, "The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs" (Verso Books). Kojo will
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Our entire World History Series is part of our Summer Reading Sale - all up to 50% off
Verso World History Series
We're proud to present the Verso World History Series, which offers beautiful new editions of classic texts on world history, including our latest: The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World. [book...
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"Neo-fascism, neo-imperialism – these terms are not radical enough to name the situation that already defines us. Only planetary vision will be adequate for perceiving the world we now inhabit together."
Planetary Politics Now
The meteoric speed with which planetary realities expose themselves today is education-by-shock. These realities demand attention, recasting the meaning of materialist determinism. On the surface, in…
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Nice profile of the brilliant Anton Jäger www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left
Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32. The writer and academic explains why we’re living in an age of hyperpolitics
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Hitting the nail on the head: "the power demand of data centres almost doubled between 2020 and 2025, and they now consume almost as much electricity as the entire annual increase in global renewable generation in 2025."
Verso Books@versobooks.bsky.social · 3w agoAdam Hanieh breaks down the Energy Institute's 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy, an annual report on global energy trade, production and usage.
Hear M.V. Ramana speaking about the need for paradigm shifts to address the root causes of the climate crises, discussed in his @versobooks.bsky.social book "Nuclear Is Not The Solution" thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/07...
I'll be checking out Anton Jager's book on HYPERPOLITICS (from Verso, available from your favorite independent bookstore): www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left
Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32. The writer and academic explains why we’re living in an age of hyperpolitics
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