{"product_id":"now-9781635900071","title":"Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new political critique from the authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Insurrection\u003c\/i\u003e, calling for a \"destituent process\" of outright refusal and utter indifference to government.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow\u003c\/i\u003e is the phantom chapter to the Invisible Committee's previous book, \u003ci\u003eTo Our Friends\u003c\/i\u003e a new critique from the anonymous collective that establishes their opposition to the world of capital and its law of labor, addresses current anti-terrorist rhetoric and the ferocious repression that comes with it, and clarifies the end of social democracy and the growing rumors of the need for a coming \"civil war.\" \u003ci\u003eNow\u003c\/i\u003e emerges at a time when the Invisible Committee's contestation has found echoes throughout the West, with a collapse of trust in the police, an inept weariness on the part of the political system, a growing urgency for opposition, a return of the theme of the Commune, a vanishing distinction between radicals and citizens, and a widespread refusal on the part of the citizen to be governed. As farcical political elections continue to unfold worldwide like a line of tumbling dominoes, and governments increasingly struggle to reclaim a legitimacy that has already slipped out of their grasp, \u003ci\u003eNow\u003c\/i\u003e clarifies the Invisible Committee's attitude toward all such elections and their outcome: one of utter indifference. \u003ci\u003eNow\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a \"destituent process\" that charts out a different path to be taken, a path of outright refusal that simply ignores elections altogether. It is a path that calls for taking over the world and not taking power, for exploring new forms of life and not a new constitution, and for desertion and silence as alternatives to proclamations and crashes. It is also a call for an unprecedented communism--a communism stronger than nation and country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Committee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The Invisible Committee is a collective and anonymous pen name.","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50422175793426,"sku":"9781635900071","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ab158bf-240b-480c-b795-f064ab8074be.jpg?v=1729523493","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/now-9781635900071","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}