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Appeals Court Upholds Law That “Conflates All Sex Work With Trafficking”
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) is constitutional, upholding key portions of the law that critics have said intrudes on First Amendment speech protections and harms sex workers. “Today in necropolitical news, FOSTA is upheld.
Anti-capitalist Queer Liberation: A Reading List
Featuring books on the constructions of gender, the ongoing fight for sex worker's rights, and memoirs and manifestos on the personal and political. Marchers holding a banner that reads "Queer Liberation Not Rainbow Capitalism" during Dublin Pride 2016 As Pride Month becomes increasingly steeped in the logos of corporate commodification and betrayal of queer resistance, we offer a reading list by writers in rejection of rainbow capitalism.
Poder para las mujeres prostitutas de todo el mundo, poder para todas las mujeres
A diferencia de otros medios, en CTXT mantenemos todos nuestros artículos en abierto. Nuestra apuesta es recuperar el espíritu de la prensa independiente: ser un servicio público. Si puedes permitirte pagar 4 euros al mes, apoya a CTXT. ¡Suscríbete! Empoderamiento es una palabra que sale mucho en las discusiones sobre el trabajo sexual.
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On the Uses of an Idea It is commonplace to hear fanaticism described as a deviant or extreme variant of an already irrational set of religious beliefs, an assertion that helps to demonize convictions outside political orthodoxy. Alberto Toscano’s compelling and erudite counter-history explodes this accepted convention by exploring the critical role fanaticism played in the formation of modern politics and the liberal state.
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The Management of Savagery How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump -1 0 1 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $19.95$11.9740% off 400 pages / July 2020 / 9781788732307 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $26.95$16.1740% off 400 pages / April 2019 / 9781788732291 The rise of international jihad and Western ultra-nationalism In the Management of Savagery, Max Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America’s dealings with the world and shows...
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The Function of Criticism Part of the Radical Thinkers series -1 0 1 2 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $19.95$11.9740% off 136 pages / January 2006 / 9781844670550 A history and critique of the last 200 years of cultural criticism, from Addison and Steele to Barthes and Derrida.
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Work The Last 1,000 Years by Andrea Komlosy Translated by Loren Balhorn and Jacob K. Watson -1 0 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $26.95$16.1740% off 272 pages / March 2018 / 9781786634108 Tracing the complexity and contradictory nature of work throughout history Say the word “work,” and most people think of some form of gainful employment.
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Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around the globe, people are faced with a spiralling succession of crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, racist policing, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality.
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In this provocative study, Stephen Howe traces the sources and ancestries of the Afrocentric movement, and closely analyses the writings of its leading proponents.
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Reading List Activism and Resistance Key titles on activism and global resistance, from movements for Black liberation and climate justice to labor organizing and anti-colonial struggles. Verso Books 26 November 2019 Reading List US Labor History A reading list of key titles on the history of labor organizing and class struggle in the US.
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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About #MeToo Essays on Sex, Authority and the Mess of Life -1 0 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $26.95$16.1740% off 320 pages / June 2020 / 9781788738057 A searing indictment of modern sexual politics What if we took sex out of the box marked “special,” the contents of which are either the worst or best thing a person can experience, and considered it within the complexity of human life in general?
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Letter to Sylvia Wynter In an open letter to theorist Sylvia Wynter on Wynter's text "1492: A New World View," Ariella Aïsha Azoulay retrieves memories of her Jewish family's Arabness: "I refuse to become a memory-less Jew, whose life was mutated and reformatted to begin only with the creation of the nation-state." Reading List Decolonization and anti-racism Books that challenge the notion of empire and offer a history of anti-colonial, anti-racist struggle.
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Splinters in Your Eye Frankfurt School Provocations -1 0 1 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $29.95$17.9740% off 256 pages / July 2020 / 9781788736015 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $110.00 / 9781788736046 Not in stock Where to buy —Powell’s Assessing the legacy of the Frankfurt School in the twenty-first century Although successive generations of the Frankfurt School have attempted to adapt Critical Theory to new circumstances, the work done by its founding members continues in the...
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The definitive collection of political writings from William Morris. William Morris is famous as a designer, poet and artist, but his work as a political thinker and activist is less well known. This collection, the first of his political writings published for nearly 50 years, shows Morris as one of the most original and inspiring socialist intellectuals of his generation.
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Tristano by Nanni Balestrini Translated by Mike Harakis Introduction by Umberto Eco “You cannot read this novel, unless I lend it to you, as each of the copies Verso publish this month contain different iterations of the same text.” – Rhizome This book is unique as no other novel can claim to be: one of 109,027,350,432,000 possible variations of the same work of fiction. Inspired by the legend of Tristan and Isolde, Tristano was first published in 1966 in Italian.
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With racial justice struggles on the rise, a probing collection considers the past and future of Black radicalism Black rebellion has returned. Dramatic protests have risen up in scores of cities and campuses; there is renewed engagement with the history of Black radical movements and thought. Here, key intellectuals—inspired by the new movements and by the seminal work of the scholar Cedric J.
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Reading List Nakba Day Reading List To commemorate Nakba Day, a reading list on the history of the region and the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Reading List Palestine Must be Free Reading List A reading list on Palestine's fight for liberation and struggles against colonialism around the world. The June 1967 War Was a War of "No Choice" This week marks the 50th Anniversary of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War, fought from 5-10 June 1967.
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Reading List Activism and Resistance Key titles on activism and global resistance, from movements for Black liberation and climate justice to labor organizing and anti-colonial struggles. Reading List The Climate Crisis and COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic is an emergency. So is climate disaster. We need a robust government response to both in the form of a Green New Deal and a just transition to a zero-carbon economy.
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Verso Books 23 August 2020 Reading List Neoliberalism is Dead: Verso Student Reading Our selected reading on Economics for the academic year ahead: all 40% off until the end of September. Verso Books 23 August 2020 Reading List History: Verso Student Reading Our selected History reading for the academic year ahead: all 40% off until the end of September.
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Bigger than Bernie How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism by Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht -1 0 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $24.95$14.9740% off 256 pages / March 2020 / 9781788738385 Win or lose, Bernie has reshaped the landscape of American politics. Where does the political revolution go next? The political ambitions of the movement behind Bernie Sanders have never been limited to winning the White House.
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The System of Objects is a tour de force—a theoretical letter-in-a-bottle tossed into the ocean in 1968, which brilliantly communicates to us all the live ideas of the day—offering a cultural critique of the commodity in consumer society.
Are Sex Workers the Original Feminists?
‘Sex workers are the original feminists’, say Juno Mac and Molly Smith in Revolting Prostitutes. It’s an incendiary claim–not least because tracking ‘firsts’ is a fraught pursuit–but it might well be true. Mac and Smith point toward the medieval brothel workers who formed guilds and went on strike; the 15th century Bavarian prostitutes defying politicians to describe their work as work; and 1917’s ‘original Women’s March’, when 200 San Francisco workers marched against brothel closures.
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Burn It Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution -1 0 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $29.95$17.9740% off March 2020 / 9781788735384 The most comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos, chronicling our rage and dreams from the nineteenth century to today In this landmark collection spanning three centuries and four waves of feminist activism and writing, Burn It Down! is a testament to what is possible when women are driven to the edge.
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Exquisite Corpse Writing on Buildings -1 Paperback Paperback $29.95$17.9740% off 380 pages / August 1994 / 9780860916871 A collection of daring, often devastating, observations about the creation of buildings and the institutions and personalities who have dominated the profession.
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“In 1968 we celebrated the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. We still have reason to hope for a concrete celebration in 2018” With a demonstrably thorough grasp of Marxist thought, and seemingly effortless literary flair, Ernst Bloch provides both the well-versed reader and the novice a truly enjoyable introduction to one of the most influential thinkers in history.
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Revolting Prostitutes The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights by Juno Mac and Molly Smith -1 0 1 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $17.95$10.7740% off 288 pages / March 2020 / 9781786633613 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $24.95 288 pages / November 2018 / 9781786633606 Not in stock Where to buy —IndieBound —Powell’s How the law harms sex workers—and what they want instead Do you have to think that prostitution is good to support sex worker rights?
10 Books to Read on International Women's Day
Image: Anne Thorne with son, photographed by Liz Millen, Archway, London. Taken from the cover of Making Space: Women and the Man Made Environment by Matrix Prior to its revival by feminist movements in the 70's and its adoption by the UN in 1977, 'Woman's Day' was first recognized in the United States in 1910 following the thirteen week long strike of 20,000 female garment workers.
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The Conservation Revolution Radical Ideas for Saving Nature Beyond the Anthropocene by Bram Büscher and Robert Fletcher -1 0 1 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $24.95$14.9740% off 224 pages / February 2020 / 9781788737715 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $110.00 / 9781788737708 Not in stock Where to buy —Powell’s A post-capitalist manifesto for conservation Conservation needs a revolution.
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Alpha City How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich -1 0 Hardback Hardback $29.95$17.9740% off 256 pages / July 21, 2020 / 9781788737975 Available for pre-order. This item will be available on July 21, 2020. Ebook Ebook $9.99 July 21, 2020 / 9781788738002 Forthcoming How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of us Who owns London? In recent decades, it has fallen into the hands of the super-rich.
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Injustice should not simply be accepted as “the way things are.” This is the starting point for The Xenofeminist Manifesto, a radical attempt to articulate a feminism fit for the twenty-first century. Unafraid of exploring the potentials of technology, both its tyrannical and emancipatory possibilities, the manifesto seeks to uproot forces of repression that have come to seem inevitable—from the family, to the body, to the idea of gender itself.
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Savage Messiah by Laura Grace Ford Introduction by Mark Fisher Preface by Greil Marcus -1 0 Paperback Paperback $24.95$17.4630% off 496 pages / May 2019 / 9781786637857 The acclaimed art fanzine’s psychogeographic drifts through a ruined city Savage Messiah collects the entire set of Laura Grace Ford’s fanzine to date.
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Inequality and the 1% -1 0 1 2 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $16.95$10.1740% off 272 pages / September 2019 / 9781788736473 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $19.95 240 pages / October 2014 / 9781781685853 Not in stock Where to buy —Amazon —IndieBound —Powell’s Paperback Paperback with free ebook $15.95$9.5740% off 256 pages / September 2015 / 9781784782078 Fully updated new edition: Why we cannot afford the rich in post Brexit Britain Since the Great Recession hit in 2008, the 1% has...
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We Fight Fascists The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-war Britain -1 0 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $34.95$20.9740% off 384 pages / November 2019 / 9781788733243 The story of the Jewish ex-servicemen who fought against Oswald Mosley after World War II In 1946 many Jewish soldiers returned to their homes in England imagining that they had fought and defeated the forces of fascism in Europe.
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SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas Introduction by Avital Ronell -1 0 1 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $12.95$7.7740% off 96 pages / April 2016 / 9781784784409 Avital Ronell reconsiders Solanas in light of her social milieu. SCUM Manifesto was considered one of the most outrageous, violent and certifiably crazy tracts when it first appeared in 1968.
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The UK government proudly calls the aim of its immigration policy to be the creation of a “hostile environment,” while refugees drown in the Mediterranean and Britain votes to leave the EU against claims that “swarms”of migrants are entering Britain. Meanwhile, study after study confirms that immigration is not damaging the UK’s economy, nor putting a strain on public services, but immigration is blamed for all of Britain’s ills.
It’s Not About Sex
It’s Not About Sex Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights by Molly Smith and Juno Mac Verso, 278 pp., $24.95 (paper) Blowin’ Up a documentary film directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal Protesters at a rally for the decriminalization of sex work, New York City, February 2019; drawing by Molly Crabapple Every year, on December 17, sex workers from Bombay to Zagreb gather to demand that the world stop killing their colleagues.
May Day Sale!
40% off our May Day reading! Includes new reading from Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, McKenzie Wark, and Andreas Malm. May 1st marks International Workers' Day, a festival of working-class self-organization stretching back over 130 years. It was originally inaugurated to commemorate the Haymarket Massacre of 1886 in Chicago, where a bomb thrown during a worker's strike kicked off a period of anti-labor hysteria.
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Rory Olcayto 17 April 2020 Laws, not buildings, shape our towns and cities Rory Olcayto on why politics must come before the work of architects or urban designers to bring about the changes we need in our cities. Reading List Reimagining Cities What will our cities look like after C-19? From community activism to greater surveillance measures and urban isolation, the current crisis has radically altered the way we move through our cities. See our books that propose alternative forms of city-making.
Criminalizing Sex Workers Drives Rape and Gender-Based Police Violence
When talking about sex workers and their occupation, even self-proclaimed feminists look to the police as a way to “serve and protect” those who may be vulnerable. In reality, the use of police violence against sex workers is rampant and often rooted in racism, transphobia, homophobia and misogyny. In this excerpt of Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights, we learn where and how sex work is criminalized and how it keeps marginalized people vulnerable to those in power.
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The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond by Nancy Fraser With Bhaskar Sunkara Part of the Verso Pamphlets series -1 0 Paperback Paperback $9.95 64 pages / April 16, 2019 / 9781788732727 Forthcoming Ebook Ebook $4.99 April 16, 2019 / 9781788732741 Forthcoming Neoliberalism is fracturing, but what will emerge in its wake? Across the globe politics as usual is being rejected and faith in neoliberalism is fracturing beyond repair.
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Foucault: a Verso bookshelf Calling all Foucault fans! We have 40% off all our reading relating to the work and theory of Michel Foucault. Ends March 31, 23.59 EST. Thomas Lemke 22 February 2019 Foucault's Immanent Contradictions From Habermas to Honneth, critics have been keen to portray Foucault as a paradox-prone thinker. Thomas Lemke argues that we should embrace the recurring contradictions in Foucault's thought as symptoms rather than inherent problems.
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Algiers, Third World Capital Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers Part of the 1968 series -1 0 1 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $24.95$19.9620% off 256 pages / August 2018 / 9781788730006 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $16.95 256 pages / September 10, 2019 / 9781788730037 Forthcoming A fascinating portrait of life with the Black Panthers in Algiers: a story of liberation and radical politics Following the Algerian war for independence and the defeat of France in 1962,...
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First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers -1 0 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $34.95$20.9740% off 496 pages / January 2020 / 9781788734073 How all great powers decline—including the United States The extent and irreversibility of US decline is ever more obvious as America loses one war after another and its industries slip behind the competition. Richard Lachmann explains why the United States will find it impossible to retain global dominance.
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Crippled Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People -1 0 1 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $24.95$14.9740% off 240 pages / June 2019 / 9781786637888 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $19.95$11.9740% off September 1, 2020 / 9781788739566 Available for pre-order. This item will be available on September 1, 2020. The austerity crisis and threat to disability rights In austerity Britain, disabled people have been recast as worthless scroungers.
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The first in-depth study of the long march of the US New Left after 1968 The sixties were a time when radical movements learned to embrace twentieth-century Marxism. Revolution in the Air is the definitive study of this turning point, and examines what the resistance of today can learn from the legacies of Lenin, Mao and Che. It tells the story of the “new communist movement” which was the most racially integrated and fast-growing movement on the Left.
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The Social Photo On Photography and Social Media -1 0 1 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $19.95$11.9740% off 144 pages / April 2019 / 9781788730914 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $14.95 July 21, 2020 / 9781786635440 Forthcoming A set of bold theoretical reflections on how the social photo has remade our world With the rise of the smart phone and social media, cameras have become ubiquitous, infiltrating nearly every aspect of social life.
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Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving Reflections on Building Production in the Vernacular City Part of the Haymarket series A free-wheeling guided tour to the cityscape of Southern California, grounding architecture as a multidisciplinary art. Commended in the PEN/Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts (2001).
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Duty Free Art Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War -1 0 1 Hardback Hardback with free ebook $24.95$12.4850% off 256 pages / November 2017 / 9781786632432 Paperback Paperback with free ebook $17.95 256 pages / March 19, 2019 / 9781786632449 Forthcoming What is the function of art in the era of digital globalization? How can one think of art institutions in an age defined by planetary civil war, growing inequality, and proprietary digital technology?
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“One cannot read the writings of Rosa Luxemburg, even at this distance, without an acute yet mournful awareness of what Perry Anderson once termed ‘the history of possibility.’” – Christopher Hitchens, Atlantic “Transports us directly into the private world of a woman who has never lost her inspirational power as an original thinker and courageous activist … [and] reveals that the woman behind the mythic figure was also a compassionate, teasing, witty human being.” – Sheila Rowbotham,...
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