Verso Books, hailed as “America’s preeminent radical press,” needs your help! Go to the Kickstarter campaign here.
What is Verso Books and why does it need your help?
For more than fifty years Verso Books has been an essential radical publisher, publishing landmark books by Benedict Anderson, Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky, Mike Davis, Norman Finkelstein, Nancy Fraser, Walter Rodney, and Edward Said.
Our world is changing quickly, from environmental collapse to the rise of right-wing political movements and new economic crises. What has not changed is Verso’s 50-year commitment to radical publishing – publishing books that challenge capitalism, patriarchy, and imperialism, and provide a glimpse into the radical future we can build together.
Since its founding Verso has been supported by book sales, allowing us to remain independent as the book business has been taken over by international conglomerates.
Verso Books for Fall, 2024.
But Verso now faces an unprecedented threat to its existence. In July we were informed that our UK distributor of many years, Marston Book Services, along with its parent company United Independent Distributors and its other subsidiaries, was beginning the process of filing for bankruptcy. The company entered administration on July 25, impacting not only Verso but a long list of independent publishers.
To learn more and help support this essential publisher, go to the Kickstarter campaign, running thru Oct 24th, here.
