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The Coming Insurrection by The Invisible Committee, translated from French, published by Semiotext(e), [2007]2009

Full English translation available online free of charge. Amazon link. Learn more about it on Wikipedia. Official website of The Invisible Committee

As of today, this book is no17 in the Amazon.com Books Bestsellers list. Explanation ? Glenn Beck hates it:

“It’s undoubtedly the last thing he wanted to happen, but when Fox News’s vocal right-wing presenter Glenn Beck described French anarchist revolution manual The Coming Insurrection as “quite possibly the most evil thing I’ve ever read” he sent it soaring to the top of the bestseller charts.” (Guardian.co.uk)

Here’s what happenned to the book :

“At the time he mentioned the book (5:13pmET on February 10), the edition of the book Beck held up was ranked #432 at Amazon and #20,609 at BN. 24 hours later, the book had moved up to #7 at Amazon and #14 at BN.” (more)

It happens last week, on Feb. 11 (watch it on YouTube), but Glenn started to talk about this book back in July 2009.

It shouldn’t come as a suprise for those familiar with Tiqqun and the Tarnac affair. One could safely predict that the book will fall off the English bestsellers list in a few weeks. We should just remember that the social phenomenon this book takes (or is trying to take) into account is in no way limited to the sales of the book itself.