The Coming Insurrection by The Invisible Committee

The first half attempts a diagnosis of the totality of modern capitalist civilization, moving through what the Committee identify as the 'seven circles' of alienation, induced by states and capitalism: alienation relating to the self, to social relations, to work, to the urban, to the economy, to the environment, and finally to the state itself. The English edition of the book was published after the Tarnac Nine arrests, and therefore includes a brief foreword and introduction which touch on the subject of the arrests, for a total of fifteen parts. In its original incarnation, The Coming Insurrection consisted of twelve chapters, together with a brief afterword. The Coming Insurrection is followed by To Our Friends, and Now. The Tarnac Nine were variously accused of conspiracy, sabotage, terrorism, and being the author(s) of The Coming Insurrection. The Coming Insurrection is also known for its association with the legal case of the Tarnac Nine, a group of nine young people including Julien Coupat who were arrested in Tarnac, rural France, on 11 November 2008 ' on the grounds that they were to have participated in the sabotage of overhead electrical lines on France's national railways'. The book is notable for the media coverage which it received as an example of a radical leftist manifesto, particularly from American conservative commentator Glenn Beck. Last Word Press in Olympia, Washington also published an edition.

The Coming Insurrection was first published in 2007 by Editions La Fabrique, and later (2009) translated into English and published by Semiotext(e). It hypothesizes the 'imminent collapse of capitalist culture'. The Coming Insurrection is a French radical leftist, anarchist tract written by The Invisible Committee, the nom de plume of an anonymous author (or possibly authors).

The Coming Insurrection by The Invisible Committee