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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 5d
Out today - Gaza: The Story of a Genocide

This is an urgent and powerful collection of personal testimony, poetry, art, and frontline reportage. These works bear witness to the vast and ongoing destruction in­flicted on the Palestinian people.
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Gaza: The Story of a Genocide is an urgent and powerful collection of personal testimony, poetry, art, and frontline reportage. Together, these works bear witness to the vast and ongoing destruction i...
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 5d
Books on the history of Palestine, including our free ebook From the River to the Sea, and our new releases Gaza: The Story of a Genocide, The Idea of Israel by Ilan Pappe, and Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani
Gaza: Books on Solidarity, Resistance, and Hope
Books on the history of settler violence, global resistance, and Palestinian art and identity including Gaza: The Story of a Genocide.
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Michal Schatz @miyyka.bsky.social · 4d
Saturday, 18 October!

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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 18d
Join Wang Hui, Pun Ngai, Rebecca Karl, and Tariq Ali for an urgent discussion on China's evolving role on the world stage on Saturday, 4 October, at 6.30pm. Tickets are free with registration!
Verso Books: A Global View on China
Please join us for a discussion on the global future of China, with Wang Hui, Pun Ngai, and Rebecca Karl, chaired by Tariq Ali.
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · Jul 24
This footage of Trump and Federal Reserve chairman Powell at the Federal Reserve construction site is absolutely amazing. What a time to be alive.
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Jul 17
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of "Gaza: The Story of a Genocide" Edited by Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro - Electric Literature
Palestinian embroidery and motif traditions inform this cover and represent centuries of hope, history, and resilience
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Jul 17
🚨Cover reveal alert!🚨 “Gaza: The Story of a Genocide,” edited by Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro, is coming from Verso Books on October 7, 2025. Read more about the book, and how the cover, designed by Chantal Jahchan, came to be in the link below.
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Michal Schatz @miyyka.bsky.social · Jul 12
Check out our whole Palestine Pamphlet series:
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The Verso Palestine Pamphlets
The genocide in Gaza reached its one year mark without any end in sight. 365 days of indiscriminate bombing, the decimation of hospitals, targeted attacks on journalists and aid workers, and mass scho...
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Michal Schatz @miyyka.bsky.social · Jul 12
Publishing on Aug 26 🍉 Pre-order now!
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Resisting Erasure
Why has Palestine become a defining fault line of contemporary politics?Challenging mainstream narratives that reduce Palestine to ancient hatreds, humanitarian tragedy, or legal abstractions, Resisti...
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Michal Schatz @miyyka.bsky.social · Jul 12
The next Verso Palestine Pamphlet from Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox, and Rafeef Ziadah is here 🇵🇸
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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · Jul 11
look at what was just delivered

it’s the

@pashukanist.bsky.social & co. masterpiece that everyone should read

& it looks even more 🔥🔥🔥 than online & IT HAS THAT FRESH BOOK SMELL (in case you needed another reason to ordered it right this moment)
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Jul 11
Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.

If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
5 copies of the book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine.
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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · Jul 12
You should pre-order this. Trust me. Or better yet, don't take my word for it, read Rob's thread where he talks about some of the content and that will convince you.
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Jul 11
Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.

If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
5 copies of the book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine.
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · Jun 8
In solidarity with the movement in Los Angeles and elsewhere across the US, we've made Joshua Clover's Riot. Strike. Riot free to download.
Riot. Strike. Riot
Baltimore. Ferguson. Tottenham. Clichy-sous-Bois. Oakland. Ours has become an “age of riots” as the struggle of people versus state and capital has taken to the streets. Award-winning poet and scholar...
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n+1 @nplusonemag.com · May 4
Our NEA grant was canceled.

Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.
On Friday night, n+1—alongside many of our peer nonprofit arts organizations—received notice that our 2025 NEA grant has been terminated due to the Trump administration’s “shifting funding priorities.” We knew this might be coming, but receiving the official notice was still jarring, as was some of the messaging itself. It’s unclear to us whether we’ll still be able to recover the money we’ve been promised this year—a $12,500 grant meant to help us pay our authors, our editors, and to have the magazine printed and distributed to our readers. We’ve requested the funds we’ve already spent, and now we’re waiting to see if the money will come through. We’re trying to stay optimistic, but with the administration’s other announcement this week that the NEA might be shut down in its entirety, it’s hard to do so. I’m writing to ask for two things—first, for short-term, immediate assistance to help us replace these funds. You can make a donation through our website, or—if you’re in New York and free on June 10—you can buy a ticket to our annual benefit, the N Plus Ultra. Second, we ask for your ongoing support amid the challenges that we, and other small magazines, are already beginning to face. You can do that by subscribing, of course, convincing your friends to subscribe (or simply sending them a gift subscription), or by buying a bit of merch from our shop. And maybe most meaningfully, you can share the n+1 pieces you’re reading and stay engaged with (and be vocal in your support of) the independent media you care about most. We’ll need all the help we can get. With gratitude, Dani Oliver Development Director, n+1
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · Apr 21
A year ago, the Columbia Palestine encampment sparked a movement that spread across the globe. As the Trump admin wages a fresh war against students, Francesco Anselmetti argues that campus remains a crucial site in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Spring Again
There’s hardly been a moment to breathe — let alone sit, take stock, commemorate. If April 17th marked one year since the largest anti-war protests in a generation, the picture now looks almost imposs...
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Michal Schatz @miyyka.bsky.social · Apr 21
Now up on the Verso Blog: an excellent essay analyzing the political conditions on university campuses and the strategic avenues available to students (and faculty) committed to the struggle for a free Palestine
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · Apr 21
A year ago, the Columbia Palestine encampment sparked a movement that spread across the globe. As the Trump admin wages a fresh war against students, Francesco Anselmetti argues that campus remains a crucial site in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Spring Again
There’s hardly been a moment to breathe — let alone sit, take stock, commemorate. If April 17th marked one year since the largest anti-war protests in a generation, the picture now looks almost imposs...
www.versobooks.com
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Yasmin G @anilsghost.bsky.social · Apr 21
“How do we protect each other? Who will be targeted next? Can anyone consider themselves truly safe?”

Questions very relevant to Uk unis
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · Apr 21
A year ago, the Columbia Palestine encampment sparked a movement that spread across the globe. As the Trump admin wages a fresh war against students, Francesco Anselmetti argues that campus remains a crucial site in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Spring Again
There’s hardly been a moment to breathe — let alone sit, take stock, commemorate. If April 17th marked one year since the largest anti-war protests in a generation, the picture now looks almost imposs...
www.versobooks.com
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Daniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · Apr 2
It's @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social on his fascinating depressing book Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade, history of labor leadership's Cold War imperialist machinations abroad—and at home. Guest host @micahuetricht.bsky.social thedigradio.com/podcast/blue...
Blue Collar Empire w/ Jeff Schuhrke
Jeff Schuhrke on his book Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade. During the Cold War, organized labor’s top leadership acted as an agent of the US national se...
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · Mar 20
Tearful farewell of father and son as family members board ship in A Coruña harbour bound for Buenas Aires in Nov 1957. Iconic shot by Manuel Ferrol encapsulating the trauma of Galician emigration forced by economic hardship +by extension similar worldwide. Don't know colouriser.
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · Mar 19
"In the weeks ahead, students, advocates, and elected officials must unite to defend the right to protest for Palestine. At stake are not just our voices, but the fundamental civil liberties of all."

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My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner
A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social · Mar 13
No one should *ever* be targeted for speaking out in solidarity with Palestine, including my brilliant colleague @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social. These are terrifying times, and we must all stand together against repression.

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Statement on Recent Events
The online targeting and harassment of the LPE Project’s Deputy Director, Helyeh Doutaghi, is part of a broader environment of speech repression, particularly of anti-war and pro-Palestinian views.
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Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · Mar 6
Freedom for Capital Not People charts the theoretical developments responsible for reshaping today's world economy, unleashing capital against democracy.

Finally coming out in English, in June with @versobooks.bsky.social. Thanks @quinnslobodian.com
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Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant.bsky.social · Nov 15
Detroit nurses win the biggest NLRB election of the century so far

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Corewell Health nurses in Southeast Michigan vote in favor of unionizing
Among 9,775 eligible voters, 4,958 voted in favor of unionizing. There were 2,957 votes against. The union will represent nurses at nine locations.
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Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · Nov 13
"The Democrats have nothing to offer as an alternative but a simulacrum of MAGA politics stripped of the libidinal pleasures of rage and transgression .. If Democrats can introspect honestly, they will recognize in themselves the mirror image of this grotesquerie"
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Editors’ Note
Country Over Party
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