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Man, I got excited but also bummed that I just recently bought and read the current translation.
How is this even an April Fool's Joke? Just agitating people who would be shocked that Verso is publishing the book? Now I'm disappointed in Verso. Looking into Sebastian Budgen's reaction against Losurdo's Stalin makes me never want to purchase another one of their books unless it's a used copy.
I'm glad I have the current English version and wish it was more widely distributed, it helped completely changed my perspective on Stalin for the better. Leftists of all tendencies should be able to critically read and make decisions on political history for themselves with the right tools and Losurdo helps us do this. Being afraid of publishing certain books like this strikes me as reactionary, but then again they probably just equate Stalin with Hitler which is an issue discussed at length for an entire chapter in the book and they would know that if they bothered to read it.
The translators of the English version of the text had approached Verso asking to publish it with them since Verso has published other works by Losurdo. The translators were rudely rebuked by Verso and I think this "joke" was a petty continuation of that.
Damn, fuck them seriously.