Pinned post Verso Books @VersoBooks · 2d, Nov 6, 2026, 6:31 PM To mark the centenary of John Berger's birth, we sat down with artists, authors, and critics to discuss what Berger's work meant to themyoutube.com/watch?v=-KOfUt… www.youtube.com John Berger at 100 featuring Trevor Paglen, Kate Wagner, Tariq Ali,... November 5, 2026 marks the centenary of John Berger's birth. We sat...
Verso Books @VersoBooks · 2d, Nov 6, 2026, 6:35 PM In addition to our John Berger Essentials Series and Tom Overton’s definitive new biography, we are commemorating his 100th birthday with a limited printing of embroidered Art and Revolution baseball caps versobooks.com/products/3714-… www.versobooks.com "Art and Revolution" Cap John Berger (1926-2017) was one of the world’s most influential thinkers and writers. As a novelist, he won the Booker and donated half his prize money to the Black Panthers; as a critic, he changed...
Verso Books @VersoBooks · 2d, Nov 6, 2026, 3:20 PM Leading up to the general strike over housing in Spain, Luke Stobart analyses the Spanish housing crisis and the return of mass struggleversobooks.com/blogs/news/red… www.versobooks.com Red Flags in Puerta del Sol: Can Spain's Left Ride the Housing Wave? The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Madrid disabled woman, in late September unleashed a return of mass disobedience in Spain and has at least partially altered the political landsca...
Verso Books @VersoBooks · 3d, Nov 5, 2026, 4:37 PM Samuel Hayat on recent uprisings in France, the collapse of the symbolic order and the political subjectivity of Gen Z.versobooks.com/blogs/news/fra… www.versobooks.com France’s Youth Protests Are Ushering in a New Era Originally published on Mediapart. On Saturday 17 October, a generation-defining revolt, which had begun a few weeks earlier with an unprecedentedly huge high-schooler movement, reached fresh...
Verso Books @VersoBooks · 3d, Nov 5, 2026, 4:32 PM Today marks the centenary of John Berger's birth. We're celebrating with a discount on his essential works and brand new Berger merchversobooks.com/blogs/news/joh… www.versobooks.com John Berger at 100 In honor of the great novelist, critic, and painter whose work revolutionized the critical tradition in the twentieth century, we're offering his essential works and key biographical texts for 30%...