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The State is the Enemy
~Hardback, ~Paperback, Books, commentary and opinion, Decolonization, Kurdistan, Political Theory, Religion, Faith, Belief, The Middle EastSixteen essays on liberation and racial justice, written by James Kelman.
£18.99 – £37.99
Incendiary and heartrending, the sixteen essays in The State Is the Enemy lay bare government brutality against the working class, immigrants, asylum seekers, ethnic minorities, and all who are deemed of “a lower order.” Drawing parallels between the Turkish State’s atrocities against the Kurds and the racist police brutality and government-sanctioned murders in the UK, James Kelman shatters the myth of Western exceptionalism, revealing the universality of terror campaigns levied against the most vulnerable and calling on a global citizenry to stand in solidarity with victims of oppression. Kelman’s case against the Turkish and British governments is not just a litany of murders or an impassioned plea—it is a cool-headed takedown of the State and an essential primer for revolutionaries.
Book details:
Author: James Kelman
Series: PM Press/Kairos
ISBN: 9781629639680/9781629639765
Published: October 2023
Format: Paperback/Hardcover
Size: 5 x 8
Pages: 256
Subjects: Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Human Rights, Religion, Politics & State
Praise
—Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain
—The Times
—Esquire (London)
—Sunday Herald
—Irvine Welsh, Guardian
—The Scotsman
—James Meek, London Review of Books
—Amit Chaudhuri, author of A New World
—John Hawkes, author of The Blood Oranges
About the Author
James Kelman was born in Glasgow, June 1946, and left school in 1961. He began work in the printing trade then moved around, working in various jobs in various places. He was living in England when he started writing: ramblings, musings, sundry phantasmagoria. He committed to it and kept at it. In 1969 he met and married Marie Connors from South Wales. They settled in Glasgow and still live in the dump, not far from their kids and grandkids. He still plugs away at the ramblings, musings, politicking and so on, supported by the same lady.
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