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Rumpus Book ClubAnarchist Book Gets a Boost From Beck
“But even before the official pub date, The Coming Insurrection benefited from an ‘endorsement’ from Glenn Beck. As part of a seven-minute rant on Fox News in July, he said, ‘I am not calling for a ban on this book. It’s important that you read this book.’
“Since then, each time Beck has talked about the book, sales have spiked, according to MIT Press associate publicist Diane Denner. It’s latest jump came after Beck devoted an entire segment to The Coming Insurrection, which he called ‘quite possibly the most evil thing I’ve ever read.’”
Thanks to Bookninja, I was delighted to learn that Glenn Beck is inadvertently helping a recent book of anarchist polemic, The Coming Insurrection, published by the respectable leftist house Semiotext(e) vault up the bestseller list.
February 18th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Sorry to be pendantic, but calling The Coming Insurrection an “anarchist” book isn’t quite accurate. It would be better described as “communist” (with a lower-case “c”) or maybe “neo-communist.” Hence the rallying cry that closes the book: “All power to the communes!”
It may seem like I’m splitting hairs but anarchists and communists take this distinction very seriously – with good reason.