BOOK REVIEW The Coming Insurrection By The Invisible Committee

Reviewed by: Chris Graham

of taking the o ensive, is more to be Mullen acknowledged to CNN in 2010 he Coming Insurrection was rst feared than to be desired.”  e committee that “ e most signi cant threat to our Tpublished in French (La Fabrique, 2007), 1 writes, “Even more than to actions, national security is our debt.” Debt then in English (Semiotexte, 2007) and is we must commit ourselves to their related instability has been witnessed attributed to “ e Invisible Committee.” coordination. Harassing the police means around the world. Western governments  e book discusses seven topics.  e that by forcing them to be everywhere that are a few steps deeper into their committee describes: individuality, own debt debacles than the United relationships, work, economy, geography, States have already experienced civil the environment, and civilization. disorder. Socialist provocateurs, anarchist  e book prescribes the formation of adventurers, and others have rioted in communes and revolutionary struggle Greece, Spain, Ireland, England, France, around the world that will attack in Italy, New York and elsewhere. moments of crisis ( nancial, political, Will the combination of elastic and environmental) to support an currencies and human nature encourage anti-capitalist revolution. Insurrections the de cit spending crises of Western envisioned by the Invisible Committee governments to accelerate until revolve around “the local appropriation catastrophe? Maybe and maybe not. of power by the people, of the physical Obviously, we hope that political leaders blocking of the economy, and of the will choose to reverse this trend, but the annihilation of police forces.” world is already witness to signi cant  e writers attempt to motivate instability. It is reasonable to anticipate paci sts with the statement, “An the possibility of social friction in your authentic paci sm cannot mean refusing jurisdiction or area of operations and weapons, but only refusing to use them. they can no longer be e ective anywhere.” it is always prudent to be operationally Paci sm without being able to re a shot  e writers observe, “An insurrection prepared to uphold your oath to defend is nothing but the theoretical formulation triumphs as a political force. It is not the Constitution and protect the lives, of impotence.” It is unclear if the idea of impossible to defeat an army politically.” liberty, and property of citizens. communist power acquisition without  ey also state, “ us, wherever the e Coming Insurrection may sound like killing is self-deception, or deception economy is blocked and the police are the stoned ramblings of a euro-student’s targeted at the reader. neutralized, it is important to invest as Che Guevara fantasy, but it is a valuable  e revolutionaries provide an little pathos as possible in overthrowing read.  is book provides insight into unexpected acknowledgment of the the authorities.” ideology and techniques that have been deterrent qualities of competent  e committee’s strategy is recently witnessed in riots around the combatants. “From a strategic point unsophisticated, requires only tiny world. Much useful information can be of view, indirect, asymmetrical action quantities of “o -the-shelf” technology obtained from this book. • seems the most e ective kind, the one and little strategic vision, but it provides best suited to our time: you don’t attack the ability to cause signi cant damage to 1http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-27/ an occupying army frontally.  at said, property, injury to citizens, and possibly us/debt.security.mullen_1_pentagon- the prospect of Iraq-style urban guerrilla the manipulation of public policy. Joint budget-national-debt-michael-mullen?_ warfare, dragging on with no possibility Chiefs of Sta Chairman Adm. Michael s=PM:US accessed 10-10-11

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