The Coming Insurrection

The book you hold in your hands has become the principal piece of evidence in an anti-terrorism case in France directed against nine individuals who were arrested on November 11, 2008, mostly in the village of Tarnac. They have been accused of “criminal association for the purposes of terrorist activity” on the grounds that they were to have participated in the sabotage of overhead electrical lines on France’s national railways. Although only scanty circumstantial evidence has been presented against the nine, the French Interior Minister has publically associated them with the emergent threat of an “ultra-left” movement, taking care to single out this book, described as a “manual for terrorism,” which they are accused of authoring. What follows is the text of the book preceded by the first statement of the Invisible Committee since the arrests.

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The War Has Almost Civilized Me

Young Black Man

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On the evening of Thursday, February 12, 2015 a young black man/local supporter of all things Ypsilanti made a daring attempt to visit his favorite art installation, located down at Water Street Commons. The north entrance, near Michigan Avenue at River Street, was inaccessible (due to snow and poor planning). Determined, the young black man/local supporter of all things Ypsilanti nonetheless made an executive decision to park at the only official available lot, which just happens to be one hundred and fifty or so yards east of Water Street Commons.

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