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No one was more surprised than cynical former academic George Timmins when his old friend and property magnate David Adler contacted him out of the...

The US has been subjected to the ruthless and unrelenting tyranny of the world’s most advanced capitalism, permeating every aspect of American life...

From Menem’s new Thatcherite experiment in Argentina, through Fujimori’s unexpected victory in Peru, to Collor’s near defeat at the hands of the ra...

A journey through the uncomputable remains of computer historyNarrating some lesser known episodes from the deep history of digital machines, Alexa...

In this sparkling new work, Benedict Anderson provides a compelling exploration of late-nineteenth-century politics and culture against a backgroun...

A collection of essays of political philosophy by the renowned mid 20th-century critical theorist and literary criticThe relationship between philo...

Leading sociologist examines how different readings of class enrich our understanding of capitalismFew ideas are more contested today than “class.”...

Leading sociologist examines how different readings of class enrich our understanding of capitalismFew ideas are more contested today than “class.”...

A new vision of politics “below the radar”One way to grasp the nature of politics is to understand the key terms in which it is discussed. Unexcept...

Unfinished Nation traces the evolution of Indonesia from its anti-colonial stirrings in the early twentieth century to the lengthy, and eventually ...

In this major new reading of Sartre’s life and work, Paige Arthur traces the relationship between the philosopher’s decades-long commitment to deco...

Religion, oil, and war bent to the House of Saud’s will to dominate Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle EastIn recent years the ruling family in Saud...

They have a dream—a dream of a world where everything and everybody can be bought and sold, a world run efficiently by managers, a world where “fre...

Pakistan 1968: the history of a revolutionEven as they were taking place, the events that shook Pakistan in 1968–69 were underplayed in the Western...

How finance and politics have caused the global housing crisisThe most comprehensive survey of the current crisis, Urban Warfare charts how the fin...

US Labor in Trouble and Transition tells the story of union decline in America and of the split in the labor movement it led to, following the dism...

Five-hundred-year anniversary edition of More’s Utopia, with writing from major science fiction writersFive hundred years since its first publicati...

The transformation of utopia in 18th-century France, from a romantic ideal to a political demand during the RevolutionUntil the Age of Enlightenmen...

After half a century exploring dialectical thought, renowned cultural critic Fredric Jameson presents a comprehensive study of a misunderstood yet ...

Bluebeard gets a feminist Gothic makeover in this subversive take on the famous French fairy tale — from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, ...

Add some radical to your writing with a Verso notebookFollowing on the success of the Verso diary, Verso are now launching a new, beautifully desig...

Western governments and elites have supported the destruction of Gaza, silencing the Palestinians and those who speak on their behalf.Providing a r...

Malm unearths the shared roots of colonial adventurism in Palestine and fossil fuelled warfare.Israel’s pulverization of Gaza since October 7, 2023...