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14/01/2025

Now available for preorder - Now, the People! Revolution in the Twenty-First Century by Jean-Luc Mélenchon

A major investigation of the possibility of a new type of revolution in our epoch by the leader of the French radical left

"Now, the people!” These words are an invitation to action. They allude to the hope of a response to the ruination of the beauty the world and the deadly intensification of the ecological crisis. They refer to the desire to turn a page in the history of human civilisation after the disasters creat...

14/01/2025

Out today - the reissue of a foundational work of twentieth-century socialist thought - Class, Crisis and the State by Erik Olin Wright

The idea of “class interest”—the set of social objectives of a given class—has been well explored in socialist thought. But what about the ability to realize these objectives? The complex tension between class interest and achieving class objectives is the guiding theme of Class, Crisis and ...

14/01/2025

The Fire Boom | Mike Davis

Mike Davis’s prescient writing on LA as a locus of ecological destruction, taken from his classic work Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster.

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13/01/2025

Multitudes: How Crowds Made the Modern World by Dan Hancox -

“Champions the erotic, capitalism-subverting, ego-transcending crowd against those who...have striven to batter the life out of it.” – Stuart Jeffries

A celebration of ‘capitalism-subverting, ego-transcending’ mass gatherings – from Peterloo to M25 raves, Orgreave to Notting Hill carnival

11/01/2025

Now available in print - the Verso Palestine Pamphlets!

A new series answering the most pressing questions about Israel's destruction of Gaza, and Palestine's long struggle for liberation.

09/01/2025

Biographies and memoirs of people who've lived extraordinary, complex lives including anti-colonial activists, trans elders, and revolutionary journalists.

History is not made up of ‘great men’, but rather the collective struggles of working people. These biographies and memoirs explore how we can find our place in movements around the world.

These books explore how we can find our place in radical movements around the world. Including works on Andrée Blouin, Tariq Ali, Lula, Rosa Luxemburg, and more!

07/01/2025

"A meticulous new translation of one of the most important masterworks of poetry. Ever. Modern, elegant, depraved, erotic, innovative, urban, decadent, lyrical, romantic, melancholic, cursed, dark, indecent, beautiful...Les Fleurs du mal."
- Jim Jarmusch

Probing the depths of the modern psyche in a voice at once caustic and vulnerable, melancholic and humorous, Baudelaire’s infamous book brings to the surface a new understanding of evil, of eroticism, and of social life through an astonishing variety of poetic forms and styles. This edition adds t...

07/01/2025

Finance serves the rich and powerful. We need to democratize it.

Out today - The Master's Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It) by Michael A. McCarthy

Why is democracy so broken and how might it be fixed? In The Master's Tools, award-winning author Michael A. McCarthy argues the answer can be found in the flows of credit and investment bound up with finance capital.Today, finance guides and constrains our politics, but there is no reason why this....

07/01/2025

“On the eve of independence, this great country had to undergo such things—to write its history in letters of tears and blood. Poor Congo!”

Out now: My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria by Andrée Blouin.

An excerpt from My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria by Andrée Blouin.

07/01/2025

Didier Fassin examines how most Western governments have acquiesced in and contributed to the destruction of Gaza.

His book, Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza, is now available in paperback.

The following is an excerpt taken from Moral Abdication: How the World Failed to Stop the Destruction of Gaza by Didier Fassin. The present crisis is one of the deepest experiences since the time, nearly eight decades ago, when people first proclaimed: ‘Never again.’ But here, the word ‘crisis...

06/01/2025

How might a 21st-century revolution against class society succeed?

Now available for preorder - The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by Jasper Bernes

Communism comes from the future, but its hope haunts our past. Reading revolutionary history from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by the light of communist theory from Marx to CLR James, The Future of Revolution illuminates the possibilities for an overcoming of class society in the 2...

01/01/2025

✨ Last chance to enjoy 40% off! ✨

20% off when you buy two books
30% off when you buy three books
40% off when you buy four books or more
80% off ALL ebooks
Ends tonight.

It's time again for the Verso Books End of Year Sale! Save up to 30% when you buy multiple books (details below). Find all our new books here, shop our Gift Guide, and check out our 2024 reading list: The Year in 10 Books, and End-of-Year Highlights. This year we've launched a Verso Gift Card: avail...

31/12/2024

While it can be tempting to disengage altogether, these books will allow you to deepen your understanding of our political moment, and galvanise readers to fight back.

Up to 40% off all print copies and 80% off ALL ebooks - ends Jan 1st!

While it can be tempting to disengage altogether, these books will allow you to deepen your understanding of our political moment, and galvanise readers to fight back. Verso Books End of Year SaleNovember 18 - January 110% off when you buy two books or more20% off when you buy four books or more30%....

30/12/2024

Got a resolution to read more international, translated literature? Stock up on Verso Fiction!

20% off when you buy two books
30% off when you buy three books
40% off when you buy four books or more
80% off ALL ebooks.
Ends January 1st!

Verso Fiction: uncompromisingly intelligent and beautiful books, with an international focus. See all our fiction here. The Destructive Force of Romantic Love: read an excerpt from Vigdis Hjorth's new novel, If Only. "I want to read about women who can’t make things": read an excerpt from Hannah R...

29/12/2024

Want to widen your reading lists in the New Year? Read your favourite authors’ favourite authors.

These books will allow you to dive deeper into the politics, histories, and genres you’re already interested in, and expand your horizons — all endorsed by the best!

All print books up to 40% off, with 80% off all ebooks.

Books endorsed by Jeremy Corbyn, Judith Butler, Angela Davis, Edward Said, and more!

28/12/2024

For one week only enjoy up to 40% off our print books, and 80% off all ebooks!

Including the best of our 2024 publishing with new works from Andreas Malm, Oerry Anderson, Fredric Jameson, and more!

Featuring new books from Andreas Malm, Perry Anderson, Legacy Russell, Fredric Jameson, Hannah Proctor, and Vigdis Hjorth. All our books are up to 40% off (details below), and all print books come with a free edition of the ebook (where available). Verso Books End of Year SaleNovember 18 - January 1...

28/12/2024

2025 is going to be a long year. Plan accordingly with the Verso Radical Diary and Planner.

In addition to being a weekly planner, our 2025 Radical Diary contains:
- Historical entries on landmark events throughout history
- Biographical entries on revolutionary figures
- Book excerpts
- Images and illustrations

Available now at our website!

27/12/2024

The Verso End-of-Year Sale just got even better! Until January 1st, all our ebooks are 80% off.

Make 2025 a year of educating and organizing, by stocking up on ebooks and print editions.

The Verso End-of-Year Sale just got even better! Until December 2nd, all our ebooks are 60% off. See our bestselling ebooks below, all our new books here, and our reading lists (including Gift Guide and 2024 Publishing Highlights). Up to 30% off on our print books remains until January 1st, 2025. Ve...