{"product_id":"state-is-the-enemy-essays-on-liberation-and-racial-justice","title":"State Is the Enemy: Essays on Liberation and Racial Justice","description":"\u003ch1\u003eState Is the Enemy: Essays on Liberation and Racial Justice\u003c\/h1\u003eJames Kelman,James Kelman\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: PM Press\u003cbr\u003eAugust 01 2023\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781629639680\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1629639680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncendiary and heartrending, the sixteen essays in \u003ci\u003eThe State Is the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e lay bare government brutality against the working class, immigrants, \u003cbr\u003easylum-seekers, ethnic minorities, and all who are deemed of \"a lower \u003cbr\u003eorder.\" \u003c\/b\u003eDrawing parallels between atrocities committed against the Kurds\u003cbr\u003e by the Turkish State, and the racist police brutality, and government \u003cbr\u003esanctioned murders in the UK, James Kelman shatters the myth of Western \u003cbr\u003eexceptionalism, revealing the universality of terror campaigns levied \u003cbr\u003eagainst the most vulnerable, and calling on a global citizenship to \u003cbr\u003estand in solidarity with victims of oppression. Kelman's case against \u003cbr\u003ethe Turkish and British governments is not just a litany of murders, or \u003cbr\u003ean impassioned plea--it is a cool-headed take down of the State and an \u003cbr\u003eessential primer for revolutionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44069156814893,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_510686c6-3331-4fae-bf98-efd4f245dc38.jpg?v=1756714111","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/state-is-the-enemy-essays-on-liberation-and-racial-justice","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}