Type: New Book

The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900-1968): ‘Neither Lenin nor Trotsky nor Stalin! – All Workers Must Think for Themselves!’ Philippe Bourrinet The most substantial history to date of the famous ‘ultra-left’ tendency within the international Communist movement. Drawing on a wide breadth of first hand material, this volume examines the history, ideas, and legacy

EW FROM VERSO WORK The Last 1,000 Years by Andrea Komlosy Translated by Loren Balhorn and Jacob K. Watson ————— Tracing the complexity and contradictory nature of work throughout history Say the word “work,” and most people think of some form of gainful employment. Yet this limited definition has never corresponded to the historical experience

The History of Italian Marxism: From its Origins to the Great War Paolo Favilli A compelling analysis of how Marx’s ideas were received in Italy from the 1860s through the First World War. This comprehensive historical survey of Italian Marxism explores the growth of different forms of Marxist culture in the period from the Paris

Workers’ Movements and Strikes in the Twenty-First Century. A Global Perspective.  Edited by Jörg Nowak, Madhumita Dutta, and Peter Birke https://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/workers_movements_and_strikes_in_the_twentyfirst_century/3-156-bd7b53fe-7ab6-420c-9d0a-e485fbc3ba2b ——————————- While workers movements have been largely phased out and considered out-dated in most parts of the world during the 1990s, the 21st century has seen a surge in new and unprecedented forms of

Otto Bauer (1881-1938): Thinker and Politician Ewa Czerwinska-Schupp A stirring, ground breaking, political biography of the most important leader of the Austrian Social Democratic Workers Party, Otto Bauer. From his theories of imperialism and the national question, to his day-to-day practical work building a mass organization, Bauer’s contributions shaped the First and Second Internationals. This

NEW FROM VERSO EUROPE’S FAULT LINES Racism and the Rise of the Right by Liz Fekete ————— An expansive investigation into the relationship between contemporary states and the far-right It is clear that the right is on the rise, but after Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the spike in popularity of extreme-right parties

Antonio Gramsci: Towards an Intellectual Biography Alastair Davidson This engrossing political biography aims to lift Gramsci’s legacy out of the sterile debates that have endured since his death. Few revolutionaries have a heritage so contested by rival groups as Antonio Gramsci. In this stirring biography, Davidson cuts through these tired debates and instead focuses on

NEW UPDATED EDITION STREET FIGHTING YEARS An Autobiography of the Sixties  by Tariq Ali ————— One of the world’s best-known radicals relives the early years of the protest movement. In this new edition of his memoirs, Tariq Ali revisits his formative years as a young radical. It is a story that takes us from Paris

The Rhythm of Thought in Gramsci: A Diachronic Interpretation of Prison Notebooks Giuseppe Cospito An innovative new interpretation of Gramsci’s thought and his place in the Marxist tradition. Using a diachronic method of investigation, this work uncovers the origins and development of Gramsci’s core concepts, with particular focus on structure-superstructure, hegemony, and the regulated society.

New Militant has been launched as an independent left wing magazine with an initial focus on Latin America. Our first issue contains translations of a number of important historical documents (A new translation of the Thesis of Pulacayo, a joint statement by the ERP, MIR, Tupamaros and ELN, selections from Roque Daltons “A Red Book

Communards and Other Cultural Histories Essays by Adrian Rifkin A wide-ranging collection of essays from Adrian Rifkin, covering cultural production, urbanism, and social conflict from a critical Marxist perspective. From the travails of art-critical language in the late eighteenth century to the upheaval of the Paris Commune of 1871, neo-classical art criticism, Bizet’s Carmen and

Landscape Between Ideology and the Aesthetic: Marxist Essays on British Art and Art Theory, 1750-1850 Andrew Hemingway An extraordinary collection of pieces from the long career of one of Britain’s most important Marxist art historians. This collection brings together Hemingway’s key works on Romantic landscape painting. Hemingway’s keen insights offer stunning new perspectives on some