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- For an Inch of Blue Sea https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/oh-for-an-inch-of-blue-sea 2 comments
- The Selfie and the Self: In Defence of Duckface (2019) https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4321-the-selfie-and-the-self-in-defence-of-duckface 44 comments
- The End of Policing is available as a free Ebook https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing 13 comments
- Fully Automated Luxury Communism https://www.versobooks.com/books/2757-fully-automated-luxury-communism 24 comments
- Soren Mau - Communism is Freedom https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/communism-is-freedom 31 comments truereddit
- “The claim of individuality, the right to individuality and its development without limits are fundamental. They underlie other claims, and are to be found at both the starting-point and the destination of Marxism.” https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5474-i-am-not-a-good-communist-henri-lefebvre-s-autobiography-from-1957 97 comments philosophy
- Judith Butler: „[…] the legal framework that is emerging targets the very idea of new historical formations of freedom (and equality) and seeks a restoration of patriarchal order backed by the force of federal law.“ https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5380-what-clarence-thomas-said 336 comments philosophy
- Property Will Cost Us the Earth: Direct Action and the Future of the Global Climate Movement - Free Verso eBook https://www.versobooks.com/books/4136-property-will-cost-us-the-earth 3 comments climate
- For those looking for books recommended by Black Lives Matter, Alex Vitale's The End of Policing is currently free. https://www.versobooks.com/books/2817-the-end-of-policing 15 comments books
- Fighting for Our Lives: #NoDAPL In Historical Context http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2967-fighting-for-our-lives-nodapl-in-historical-context 15 comments politics
- The Syrian Crisis: A Timeline http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2591-the-syrian-crisis-a-timeline 3 comments geopolitics
- In tribute to the brilliant Aaron Swartz, his new book (& others) are free to download TODAY http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2575-psst-downloading-isn-t-stealing-for-today 21 comments freeculture
- Pink-Slipping Hillary: an excerpt from "False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Clinton" http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2544-medea-benjamin-pink-slipping-hillary 9 comments politics
- Clinton didn’t learn the main lesson from Iraq — to seek non- violent ways to solve conflicts. Indeed, when the Arab Spring came to Libya in 2010, Clinton was the Obama administration’s most forceful advocate for toppling Muammar Gaddafi. http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2544-medea-benjamin-pink-slipping-hillary 4 comments politics
- Pope Francis just published a new encyclical on capitalism and inequality! http://www.versobooks.com/books/2065-encyclical-on-capitalism-and-inequality 76 comments books
- Alexis Tsipras: "No to a two-speed Eurozone", with a reply from Stathis Kouvelakis http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2023-alexis-tsipras-no-to-a-two-speed-eurozone-with-a-reply-from-stathis-kouvelakis 4 comments greece
- Ecology against Mother Nature: Slavoj Žižek on Molecular Red http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2007-ecology-against-mother-nature-slavoj-zizek-on-molecular-red 5 comments philosophy
- Jacques Rancière: The Front National’s useful idiots http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1936-jacques-ranciere-the-front-national-s-useful-idiots 3 comments philosophy
- 50% off everything at Verso for December (if you know any lefties, almost anything from here would make a good Christmas gift) http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1773-2014-verso-highlights-50-off 11 comments books
- Some Bewildered Clarifications: A Response to Noam Chomsky by Slavoj Žižek http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1365-some-bewildered-clarifications 37 comments philosophy
- "The citizens of Europe must make clear to themselves that this unending crisis – just like a state of emergency – is incompatible with democracy. We must start by restoring the original meaning of the word ‘crisis’, as a moment of judgement and choice." - Giorgio Agamben http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1318-the-endless-crisis-as-an-instrument-of-power-in-conversation-with-giorgio-agamben 3 comments europe
- Anyone interested in reading Frederic Jameson's Reading Capital together? http://www.versobooks.com/books/551-representing-capital 3 comments culturalstudies
- Not Less Than Nothing, But Simply Nothing - Žižek replies to John Gray's review. http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1046-not-less-than-nothing-but-simply-nothing 12 comments culturalstudies
- Zize and Horowitz... And Julian Assange presiding. http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1000-this-was-madness-slavoj-zizek-vs-david-horowitz-with-julian-assange 6 comments philosophy
- A vile logic—Slavoj Žižek on Anders Breivik and antisemitism http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/654 3 comments culturalstudies
- London anti-austerity protests: "Police Stand By As Colleagues in Plain Clothes Break Windows." "At 5.54 of this BBC footage, an 'anarchist' shows his pass to police and moves through the lines..." http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/444-police-stand-by-as-colleagues-in-plain-clothes-break-windows 3 comments politics