John Angarrack is a
Cornish nationalist
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who campaigns for greater recognition of
Cornish identity and is a self-published author on Cornish affairs. His campaign to revive Cornish culture and language featured in a 2005 article in the European edition of ''
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Angarrack was one of the founder members of
Cornwall 2000
John Angarrack is a Cornwall, Cornish Cornish self-government movement, nationalist who campaigns for greater recognition of Cornish people, Cornish identity and is a self-published author on Cornish affairs. His campaign to revive Cornish cultur ...
, an organisation based in
Bodmin
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The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...
,
Cornwall
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. The group lobbied the
UK government
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over the specific exclusion of the Cornish from the
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
They were, however, unsuccessful in raising sufficient funds to take matters to court, and the campaign was dropped.
His self-published books are:
*''Breaking the chains: propaganda, censorship, deception and the manipulation of public opinion in Cornwall'', Camborne: Cornish Stannary Publications, 1999.
*''Our future is history: identity, law and the Cornish question'', Padstow: Independent Academic Press, 2002.
*''Scat t’larrups?'', published on 15 May 2008 as a follow-up to ''Breaking the Chains'' and ''Our Future is History'', concerning police counter-terrorism activities in Cornwall during 2007.
See also
*
Cornish self-government movement
Cornish nationalism is a cultural, political and social movement that seeks the recognition of Cornwall – the south-westernmost part of the island of Great Britain – as a nation distinct from England. It is usually based on three gener ...
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Cornish Foreshore Case
The Cornish Foreshore Case was an arbitration case held between 1854 and 1858 to resolve a formal dispute between the British Crown and the Duchy of Cornwall over the rights to minerals and mines under the foreshore of Cornwall
Cornwall (; ...
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