British State, The (Paperback)

Chris Nineham

ISBN 10: 1789043298 / ISBN 13: 9781789043297

Published by Collective Ink, Ropley, 2019

About this Item

Paperback. What happens if a radical government gets elected in Britain? How will the banks, the civil servants, the media and the military react? Is the idea of a British coup far-fetched? How can the left prepare? Chris Nineham addresses these questions by looking behind the myths at the reality of two hundred years of British state rule. He brings us a warning from history. Dont be fooled again, read this book. The first attempt since the 1980s to analyse the British state's capacity to block change and derail social movements. A riposte to those who said there could never be a very British coup. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: British State, The (Paperback)
• Publisher: Collective Ink, Ropley
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789043298
• ISBN 13: 9781789043297
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

What happens if a radical government gets elected in Britain? How will the banks, the civil servants, the media and the military react? Is the idea of a British coup far-fetched? How can the left prepare? Chris Nineham addresses these questions by looking behind the myths at the reality of two hundred years of British state rule. He brings us a warning from history. Don’t be fooled again, read this book.

About the Author

Chris Nineham is a founder member of the Stop the War Coalition, and currently a vice chair. He was one of the organisers of the two million February 15th, 2003 demonstration in London and central to the international co-ordination that led to the protests going global. He was also an international organiser of the Genoa G8 protests in 2001 and played a central role in the co-ordination of the European Social Forum in Florence (2002), Paris (2003) and London (2004). He writes for Stop the War, Counterfire and other outlets and appears regularly in the media. He lives in London, UK.