For the next reading, we are looking at the first part of The Coming Insurrection. You can find the whole text here – but remember, in preparation for Aug 13th, we are reading circles 1 to 4.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/comite-invisible-the-coming-insurrection#toc1
The Coming Insurrection is a work written by The Invisible Committee, which describes a general disgust with the dominant politics, economies, and societies of early 21st century civilization. The Committee are harshly critical of capitalism, states, the police, and the world economy, and which they argue are the root causes of much of the suffering in the world. In response, they specifically advocate insurrectionary anarchism as the best available means to bring about the sort of world in which they would prefer to live: a world populated by communes, based in immediate social ties, and friendship – simpler, more concrete human interactions, as opposed to the more abstract political concepts of citizenship, or of a sovereign state.
The Coming Insurrection is divided into two halves. The first half of the book describes and diagnoses a series of dysfunctions in modern capitalist society, in terms of social alienation. Using the nine circles of hell of Dante’s Inferno as a metaphor for the various types of social ills which exist in the world, the work describe seven circles, or areas of society which this alienation negatively affects, including the self, work life, and the natural environment.
As per usual, we are meeting at Camas Books and Infoshop, on unceded Lekwungen Territory, 2620 Quadra Street. This meeting will be held on Tuesday, Aug 13th, 2019. The doors will be open at 6:50pm, with the discussion beginning at 7pm.
We were split down the middle between delving more into insurrectionary anarchist theory, and social, organizational anarchist theory. Therefore, we have decided to read both How to Start a Fire: