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"Verso Books makes a casual inquiry to the German publisher of Alfred Sohn-Rethel’s essays. The response from the publisher, ça ira-Verlag, a classical anti-Deutsch institution: On the one hand, we are delighted that Sohn-Rethel is attracting international attention and are not completely averse to doing business with Verso. On the other hand and in the words of Marx and Engels: ‘The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims’. So to be open: as long as Verso is involved in the global antisemitic campaign with its publications, we have no interest in doing a licence deal. Until the ‘Palestine Pamphlets’ are removed..." Thomas Meaney, A Year in German Culture newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/a-year-in-... via @newleftreview