First Measures of the Coming Insurrection

We have witnessed a beginning the birth of a new age of revolt and upheaval. In North Africa and the Middle East it took the people a matter of days to topple what were supposedly entrenched regimes. Now to the west multiple crises are etching away at a 'democratic consensus' that has since the 1970s plagued and suppressed any sparks of revolutionary potential. It is time to prepare for the coming insurrection.<br/><br/>In this bold and beautifully written book Eric Hazan and Kamo provide a short account of what is to be done in the aftermath of a regime's demise: how to prevent any power from restoring itself and how to reorganize society without a central authority and according to the people's needs. They argue that neither a leadership reshuffle in the guise of constitutional progress nor a transition period between a capitalist social order and a communist horizon will do.<br/><br/><i>First Measures of the Coming Insurrection</i> is more than the voice of a new generation of revolutionaries; it is the manual for the coming global revolution.