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2020 marks 50 years of radical publishing at Verso Books. Founded by the journal New Left Review in 1970, Verso–named after the term for a left-hand page–began as New Left Books. The fledging imprint sought to invigorate the Anglophone intellectual world with the energy and insight of the best continental philosophy and social theory.
Now, 50 years on, Verso brings you radical voices that challenge capitalism, racism and patriarchy, debate the future of the planet, and offer far-reaching proposals for social and political change.
In this video, Tariq Ali (one of the New Left Review core group that founded New Left Books/Verso), and Verso editor Sebastian Budgen, discuss the history of New Left Books, and the political and intellectual context from which Verso Books developed.
Support the future of radical publishing at Verso Books by joining our newly launched Book Club: versobooks.com/pages/book-club?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
Tariq Ali has written more than two-dozen books on world history and politics—the most recent of which are The Clash of Fundamentalisms, The Obama Syndrome and The Extreme Centre—as well as the novels of his Islam Quintet and scripts for the stage and screen. He is a long-standing member of the editorial committee of New Left Review and lives in London. You can find all his work here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/ali-tariq?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
Sebastian Budgen is a Senior Editor at Verso Books.
2020 marks 50 years of radical publishing at Verso Books. Founded by the journal New Left Review in 1970, Verso–named after the term for a left-hand page–began as New Left Books. The fledging imprint sought to invigorate the Anglophone intellectual world with the energy and insight of the best continental philosophy and social theory.
Now, 50 years on, Verso brings you radical voices that challenge capitalism, racism and patriarchy, debate the future of the planet, and offer far-reaching proposals for social and political change.
In this video, Tariq Ali (one of the New Left Review core group that founded New Left Books/Verso), and Verso editor Sebastian Budgen, discuss the history of New Left Books, and the political and intellectual context from which Verso Books developed.
Support the future of radical publishing at Verso Books by joining our newly launched Book Club: versobooks.com/pages/book-club?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
Tariq Ali has written more than two-dozen books on world history and politics—the most recent of which are The Clash of Fundamentalisms, The Obama Syndrome and The Extreme Centre—as well as the novels of his Islam Quintet and scripts for the stage and screen. He is a long-standing member of the editorial committee of New Left Review and lives in London. You can find all his work here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/ali-tariq?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
Sebastian Budgen is a Senior Editor at Verso Books.
