John Angarrack is a

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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

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, an organisation based in

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. The group lobbied the

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over the specific exclusion of the Cornish from the

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. 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.

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