The book is divided into two parts. The first attempts a complete diagnosis of the totality of modern capitalist civilization, moving through what the Invisible Committee identify as the "seven circles" of kev tsis sib haum: "tus kheej, kev sib raug zoo, ua hauj lwm, lub kev khwv nyiaj txiag, urbanity, the environment, and to close civilization". The latter part of the book begins to offer a prescription for revolutionary struggle based on the formation of ntau, los yogpawg affinity-style units, in an underground network that will build its forces outside of mainstream politics, and attack in moments of ntsoog – political, social, environmental – to push towards anti-capitalist revolution. The insurrection envisioned by the Invisible Committee will revolve around "the local appropriation of power by the people, of the physical blocking of the economy and of the annihilation of police forces".
The book points to the late 2000s financial crisis, Thiab kev tiv thaiv ib puag ncig as symptoms of capitalism‘s decline. Also discussed are theArgentine economic crisis (1999-2002) thiab cov piquetero movement which emerged from it, the 2005 kev tawm tsam thiab 2006 student protests nyob Fab Kis teb, cov 2006 Oaxaca protests and the grassroots relief work in Tshiab Orleans tom qab Nag xob nag cua Katrina as examples of breakdown in the modern social order which can give rise to partial insurrectionary situations.