The Coming Insurrection: A Semiotext(e) Intervention Series Book

Anthony M.: Everyone should read this book when they ask "why are they rebelling?"

Canada on Oct 14, 2020

PNW Shopper: NOT A THEORY. THIS IS A TRAINING MANUAL. MARXIST INDOCTRINATION. ALSO READ FIRST MEASURE OF THE COMING RESURRECTION AND BURN DOWN THE AMERICAN PLANTATION. GROUPS NOW IN THE USA ARE UNDER THE GUIDANCE WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT OF AND INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF AT LEAST 3 PUPPET MASTER GROUPS WITH UP TO 1.5 Billion DOLLARS TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC UPSET OF ALL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS. WAKE UP AND EDUCATE YOUR SELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES TO REALITY. STAND UP FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM

United States on Aug 02, 2020

Geoffrey E D Hughes: Excellent text. Sign of the times and the failure of the system.

Canada on Mar 24, 2019

Nick: I went into this thinking it was anprim extremism, only to find out it was commie extremism based in france, do your research before buying

Canada on Jan 25, 2019

Pillowtail: This scraped up to two stars due to the mid section of the book which described in "seven circles" the state of contemporary life. This section was well written (or translated?) and carried a mythic quality in the proper meaning of mythic. It was a poetic revelation of how we live. In some way this is the burden of the book and it rings true. What is wrong then is the vacuity of thought before and after the description of the world. The authors drew no lessons and fail miserably to find a solution beyond a romantic destruction based on "communes", which would inevitably self-destruct or become repressive themselves. The paucity of thought is summarised in the view that the" economy is the crisis". Economies exist, get over it "invisible committee". The crisis is not a system, its human beings failing to grasp life. The solutions border on the inane ramblings of a conspiracy theorist with an "us and them" attitude aimed at anyone that is not acceptable to the authors. The first section written whilst the authors were in prison awaiting trial is a big time wimp out, and references as a symptom of the decline of our civilisation that people now can only afford to take holidays with...

United Kingdom on Jun 24, 2015

Diz: I really enjoyed this little book. It's one of those texts that you find yourself saying 'Yes, that IS the way it is!' with almost a shock of recognition. Certainly, at times the language is a little rhetorical, almost poetic, but that's o.k. - at least it means there's some passion there.

So what is in the book? It's divided into a number of sections, the main being seven 'circles' or areas of contention. These rather reminded me of the areas of analysis outlined by David Harvey in his recent and comprehensive ' The Enigma of Capital '.

The first 'circle' is the personal:

'My body belongs to me. I am me, you are you and something's wrong. Mass personalisation. Individualisation of all conditions - life, work and misery.' (P29)

It seems to me that this is related to the ideas in Thomas Frank's ' The Conquest of Cool ' but taken further, and taken personally.

The second 'circle' refers to culture in a fairly wide sense, including the media, schools:

'A burst of laughter is the only appropriate response to all the serious "questions" posed by news analysts. To take the most banal: there is no "immigration question". Who still grows up where...

United Kingdom on May 26, 2010

Mondo: I've given 'The Coming Insurrection' 4 stars not on literary merit but because I found it informative. In many ways it is just as heated and irrational as Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' or 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' and, despite its very different message the overall tenor is suspiciously the same.

The writers are Leftist Nihilists who believe that modern industrial and work-oriented society is not only foolish...it is about to go into the dustpan of history. Deservedly so, in their opinions. They aim to speed things along by a succession of societal and infrastructure disruptions including vandalism, theft, strikes, go slow, obnoxiousness, sabotage etc. They won't stop there. There believe destrucion of the power grid which will cast all of France into darkness, is a very good start.

To the authors, work is purposeless, demeaning and counterrevolutionary. Therefore, their followers are not to work, living by their wits. They should, instead, set up interlocking communes that will survive, initially, by parasitizing greater society...but...as society breaks down...largely by their efforts...they will need to become experts in medicine, agronomy, farming, marine...

United States on Jul 18, 2009

Visionary: This "cookbook" from the anarchist/liberal Left is written for the purpose of collapsing both Socialism, & especially Capitalism---under the guise of creating the tyrannical socio-economic "utopia" of Communism. The 'Invisible Committee'(of anarchists/liberals)in Socialist France, espouse even the most violent methods to bring down existing global governments: with No regard for the value of human life, dignity, or our God-given F-R-E-E W-I-L-L --- except of course, for their own selfish despotic agenda. It quite speaks for itself.
We are each & all responsible to a consistent ethical & moral authority which is greater than ourselves; otherwise there is anarchy. This is one of the most fundamental Truths of all. Anarchy is chaos. Imagine if there were chaos in the way atomic particles form atoms; visualize the chaos & utter idiocy of demanding that all forms of communication be choatic; or that anarchy & chaos be the means in which the human body functions.
These simple analogous realities expose how blatantly absurd the fundamental premise of "The Coming Insurrection" is---the extreme Liberal/Left, which believe in everything but Creation's Creator. How...

United States on Jul 01, 2009