Featuring works from distinguished intellectuals and key political leaders, Verso's Venezuela reading list provides the analytical insight and historical context necessary to understand the ongoing political crisis in the country 

On this day in 1791, The Haitian Revolution began with a religious ceremony at Bois Caïman. The revolution against against French colonial rule radicalised the spirit of the French Revolution by expanding its aims to cover the universal human emancipation, and lead to the first free black republic.