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Mike Davis: Prophetic Marxist Historian and Activist The legendary Marxist thinker and activist Mike Davis explored political power and social class for decades. His sharp analysis and glittering prose criss-crossed over urban studies, political economy...

For what would have been Mike Davis's 80th birthday today, we've put the Essential Mike Davis collection on sale through the weekend.

"We must fight like the Red Army in the rubble of Stalingrad. Fight with hope, fight without hope, but fight absolutely."

Fire in the Belly: Mike Davis (1946-2022) “If there was ever a time for fire in the belly and a radical politics of hope, it is now.” So declared Mike Davis (1946-2022), in the 2016 preface to City of Quartz. “In cities like Los Angeles”, he ...

Mike Davis was born 80 years ago today.

"Davis’s drive was always towards action, struggle, and solidarity – in brief, the politics of continual and transformative resistance, of “radical hope.” He lit the torch; it’s time for us, now, to carry it on."

Verso celebrates International Women's Day For over a century the world has celebrated International Women's Day to honor women's movements around the globe and to bring attention to the battles still being fought to achieve equality. We're…

30% off books from Sheila Rowbotham, Shulamith Firestone, Nancy Fraser and more!

Verso is publishing some of the best books on climate/the Anthropocene/the polycrisis/whatever you want to call it out there, and this one looks like another important one to pick up.

The Alibi of Capital Today, extraordinary wealth seems to arrive from nowhere. The trick of conjuring this unearned wealth is, in fact, the key to understanding capital­ism’s origins and a clue to why the catastrophe of c...

Out today - The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow by Timothy Mitchell

"A paradigm-shifting critique of the logic that underlies the modern economy." - @publisherswkly.bsky.social

Freedom Ship Freedom Ship is a gripping history of the enslaved African Americans who stowed away on vessels that carried them to liberty. Up to 100,000 fugitives successfully fled the horrors of bondage in the Am...

Marcus Rediker, Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea – @versobooks.bsky.social, March 2026 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Today, March 10, is the publication day for the UK edition of my book *Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea*, by @versobooks.bsky.social . I’ll be in the UK the last two weeks of April. I'll post the dates/times of my book talks soon.

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Can Iran Survive? An urgent discussion on the US-Israel War On February 28, the US and Israel launched unprovoked attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashing a war that has rapidly escalated across the region. While Trump and Netanyahu want regime...

Join Verso tomorrow for a discussion with Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Golnar Nikpour, Ervand Abrahamian, and Afshin Matin-Asgari.

March 10 - 6pm UK/2pm EST/11am PST. Register below!

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Can Iran Survive? An urgent discussion on the US-Israel War On February 28, the US and Israel launched unprovoked attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashing a war that has rapidly escalated across the region. While Trump and Netanyahu want regime...

Join Verso tomorrow for a discussion with Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Golnar Nikpour, Ervand Abrahamian, and Afshin Matin-Asgari.

March 10 - 6pm UK/2pm EST/11am PST. Register below!

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Post-apocalyptic Time I.                 “How did we end up in this hell?” is the question every Iranian I know asks. As I write these words, on the fifth day of the U.S.–Israel invasion of Iran, I am no longer certain…

"The lived reality of sanctions is one of suspension and erasure—where past achievements fade from global recognition and future possibilities are systematically obstructed."

Shahram Khosravi on Iranian life under constant rupture.

Celebrated Works of Fiction by Vigdis Hjorth Vigdis Hjorth is the author of over a dozen prize-winning and best-selling novels. In 2019, her novel Will and Testament was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature and in 202...

starting to get hjorth-pilled and i thought i was over autofiction

This Week in Hell! Capitalism Steals Our Future Plus 'Guns, Money and Opium' | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

Tues., on publication day, Timothy Mitchell discusses "The Alibi of Capital,"(@versobooks.bsky.social) and our future.

Weds., @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on “Guns, Money and Opium” at @lrb.co.uk, reviewing Seth Harp's "Fort Bragg Cartel.".

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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Saba Sams, Jazmine Ulloa, Jordy Rosenberg, and more

Saba Sams’ Gunk, Vigdis Hjorth’s Repetition, and Terry Tempest Williams’ The Glorians all number among the best reviewed books of the week.

The Alibi of Capital Today, extraordinary wealth seems to arrive from nowhere. The trick of conjuring this unearned wealth is, in fact, the key to understanding capital­ism’s origins and a clue to why the catastrophe of c...

Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow - @versobooks.bsky.social, March 2026
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there is a macroeconomic reason novels are not written in the third person anymore and it is not good

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Verso Feminist Classics | 30% off for International Women's Day Rediscover pioneering works of feminism from leading writers including Kathi Weeks, Vron Ware, and Michele Wallace. The Feminist Classics series brings together foundational texts in the critical and…

On International Women's Day, broaden your feminist horizons with reading that is anticapitalist, abolitionist, antiracist, as well as full of rage and defiance.

Verso celebrates International Women's Day For over a century International Women's Day has been a site of workers’ strikes and collective action.

Taking International Women's Day back to its radical roots, we bring you books that will broaden your feminist horizons with reading that is anticapitalist, abolitionist, antiracist, as well as full of rage and defiance.

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International Women's Day is a day of protest and collective action.

'Woman's Day' was first recognized in the US in 1910 following the 13 week long strike of 20,000 female garment workers.

Four years later on this day in Russia, bread riots led by women fed directly into the 1917 revolution.

Verso celebrates International Women's Day For over a century the world has celebrated International Women's Day to honor women's movements around the globe and to bring attention to the battles still being fought to achieve equality. We're…

Celebrate International Women's Day by bringing it back to its radical roots.

30% off essential books on reproductive justice, socialist feminism, and trans liberation.

REPETITION, recursion...refashioning...recasting.... REPETITION VIGDIS HJORTH (tr. Charlotte Barslund) Verso Books ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $9.99 ebook, available now Rating...

@versobooks.bsky.social published REPETITION by the Norwegian Annie Ernaux, VIGDIS HJORTH, and translated by Charlotte Barslund: #Booksky
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Can Iran Survive? An urgent discussion on the US-Israel War On February 28, the US and Israel launched unprovoked attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashing a war that has rapidly escalated across the region. While Trump and Netanyahu want regime...

This Tuesday, March 10, join Verso for an urgent online discussion on the US-Israel war on Iran with Afshin Matin-Asgari, Golnar Nikpour, Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, and Ervand Abrahamian.

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A mini reading list to understand what’s happening in Iran. Today marks the seventh day of the unlawful U.S-Israel war against Iran. Like many a citizen, I’ve been struggling to understand what’s animating this latest burst of imperial violence.…

Brittany Allen recommends books to help you understand what’s happening in Iran.

Video: David Harvey presents The Story of Capital [book-strip index="1"] Over the decades, David Harvey has won the acclaim of students and academics for his teaching of Marx’s work, with a particular focus on Capital. Chapter by chapter – sometimes ...

The Story of Capital, What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works is now available from @versobooks.bsky.social

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Can Iran Survive? An urgent discussion on the US-Israel War On February 28, the US and Israel launched unprovoked attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashing a war that has rapidly escalated across the region. While Trump and Netanyahu want regime...

This Tuesday, March 10, join Verso for an urgent online discussion on the US-Israel war on Iran with Afshin Matin-Asgari, Golnar Nikpour, Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, and Ervand Abrahamian.

Sign-up below:
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Verso Feminist Classics | 30% off for International Women's Day Rediscover pioneering works of feminism from leading writers including Kathi Weeks, Vron Ware, and Michele Wallace. The Feminist Classics series brings together foundational texts in the critical and…

Rediscover pioneering works of feminism from leading writers including Kathi Weeks, Vron Ware, and Michele Wallace!

Feminist Classics are 30% off until March 13th.

Thank you to Verso for letting me write a 50,000 word little book about the American Revolution. It's like an antidote to those Dad-history-book doorstops! www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Ed Meek highly recommends Timothy Mitchell's "The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow " @versobooks.bsky.social. Capitalism's strategy: steal the future and conceal the theft.

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