Theory becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses. For over 50 years, Verso has been publishing important works of Marxist theory. Now through Monday, you can save up to 40% on the below titles when you bundle. Verso Theory SaleEnds Monday…

The following books offer useful resources for the international Palestinian solidarity movement in understanding the history of the occupation, and situating it within a wider context of anti-colonial struggles around the world.

The actress has not left her apartment in three days. Anne is worried but Charles is not. “So, she’s in one of her moods,” he says, rolling a cigarette, licking it shut. His tongue is covered in white film. “Should we alert the CIA?”  Anne says nothing. Through…

Since November of last year, Serbia has erupted in sustained protest in response to government corruption and shrinking education budgets. Two months into student-organized university occupations, the Serbian government resigned. The students continue to…

“John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel how to stare at things until we see what we thought wasn’t there. But above all, he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master.” — Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things John…

Jodi Dean is an essential political theorist. Her work examines how the left can build a new collective politics. In her latest book she asks: in a society of serfs and servants, how do we get free? With the rise of neofeudalism, and as more and more workers…

The UK Labour government has announced plans to cut disability benefits by £5 billion per year and we are hearing echoes of the view that disabled people are nothing but a drain on the public purse. This is social murder. These books examine the human cost…

Tariq Ali spoke at the Brooklyn Public Library on February 10th, 2025, discussing his life as a writer, historian, and activist. Ali also discussed the war in Gaza and student protests in the United States. He is in conversation with Nermeen Shaikh.   Further…

In the opening pages of Bento’s Sketchbook, we meet John Berger not as the Booker-winning novelist, nor the Marxist critic, nor the television personality, but as simply the man, alone, drawing for his own edification. In a garden or public space, sketchbook…

  When we were younger, my sister was always stronger and faster than I was. While I spent my evenings reading in the armchair given to us by our grandfather, who hoped one of us would use it to broaden her horizons, she would be off prowling. At the neighbours’…

The institutions of soft power and the other tools that had previously supported US global hegemony are rapidly being discarded by the second Trump administration. Even the pretense of defending democracy, championing human rights, and protecting freedom…

This article is excerpted from An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King by William F. Pepper, a friend of King's and the attorney who represented the King family in the civil lawsuit against Loyd Jowers and other co-conspirators in King's assassination. …

"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent." – Mao Tse-Tung Conditions are becoming more and more chaotic. Whether or not the situation is "excellent" is to be determined. The titles below unpack the factors that have dragged humanity…

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As pre-orders for The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World become available, we're marking down the entire Verso World History Series. Buy two or more books from the series and save 30%! Discount will be applied in-cart. Books must be purchased together.…

Luigi Mangione was discovered eating hash browns in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania on December 9, 2024. There has been, from the outset, almost too much information on the man himself to take in. An incoherent squall of Goodreads reviews, international…

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From her classic historical work, The Origin of Capitalism, to her sharp criticism of the Post-Marxist milieu in The Retreat from Class, Ellen Meiksins Wood was a Marxist thinker with major contributions to history, sociology, and theory.  In a beautiful…

All Jameson titles are currently on sale as part of his 91st birthday celebration.   Few radical thinkers have had such a phenomenal impact on literary criticism, critical theory, and philosophy as Fredric Jameson. In celebration of what would-be his ninety…

Fredric Jameson produced some of the most important Marxist cultural criticism of the twentieth century. To celebrate what would have been his 91st birthday, we're offering up to 40% off his titles. Fredric Jameson Titles On SaleBuy 2, save 20%Buy 3, save…