Join Verso tomorrow for a discussion with Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Golnar Nikpour, Ervand Abrahamian, and Afshin Matin-Asgari.
March 10 - 6pm UK/2pm EST/11am PST. Register below!
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The US and Israel have launched unprovoked attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashing a war that has rapidly escalated across the region.
Join us for an urgent discussion on March 10, at 1pm EST/6pm UK. RSVP at the link below!
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Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran.
Iraq lessons must be learned.
Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe.
Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.
Mir Houssein Mousavi led Iran’s Green Movt in 2009. He ran for pres & received immense support from the Iranian ppl. Millions voted 4 him in an election w/high turn out. But the vote was stolen by the govt, leading 2mass protests. Mousavi & others were put under house arrest /n x.com/tparsi/statu...
What the fuck
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
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On the anniversary of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, I discuss its legacy and the impetus for my forthcoming book, Counterrevolution in Egypt. @versobooks.bsky.social
No dungeon in hell deep enough
Guild member detained by ICE in Minnesota January 16, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dylan Manshack, Comms | dmanshack@cwa-union.org | 202-445-4033 Member remains in ICE custody in Texas MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, TNG-CWA Local 37002, as part of Operation Metro Surge. While the circumstances of his arrest are not clear, we know he has been transferred to an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas, where he is awaiting action on his petition for habeas corpus. The Guild is not publicly identifying the member out of concern for his family’s safety, but he is a father, a husband, and a staff member at a Minneapolis non-profit organization. He is a steward in our union and an advocate for all workers. And he is one of dozens of Minnesota union members who have been detained in recent weeks. The Department of Homeland Security says it has made more than 2,000 arrests since the surge began in December, according to an MPR News report. But the agency has not provided details about the people arrested, such as how many were charged with a crime, how many face deportation, and how many were subsequently released. “The Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild stands with our member and his family as they face an uncertainty that is all too common in our state right now,” local president Nick Woltman said. “Like all Minnesota workers, our members deserve to feel safe in their communities both on and off the job.” “The detention of a Guild member in Minnesota amidst the chaos created by DHS is heartbreaking and infuriating,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss. “My heart goes out to his family, who are now without their father and husband. As a union, we commit to fight for each other as stewards of our communities—especially in times as dark as this, while federal agents continue to target working families.” ALT TEXT CONTINUED IN NEXT POST
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
In stark contrast to the US ambassador, the Venezuelan ambassador to the UN presents an articulate and nearly wholly accurate description of all the ways in which the U.S. aggression against Venezuela violated international law, from 2:01:40-2:11:21 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k...
Tribute to Michel Aglietta in @newleftreview.bsky.social: "a tireless thinker, committed to the proposition that we should aim to comprehend our changing historical times in their totality, which meant grasping the inter-relationships of their many moving parts." newleftreview.org/issues/ii156...
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Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.
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New podcast episode on the global expansion of state capitalism, the weakness of capital, the end of neoliberalism, techno-fascism,and progressive politics, with @bungacast.bsky.social, the global politics podcast at the End of the End of History.
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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.
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
Saturday, 18 October!
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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!
This footage of Trump and Federal Reserve chairman Powell at the Federal Reserve construction site is absolutely amazing. What a time to be alive.
🚨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.
The next Verso Palestine Pamphlet from Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox, and Rafeef Ziadah is here 🇵🇸
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)
5 copies of the book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine.
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...
