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20% Discount Code for CoS Supporters for Borders Nation – new book

20% Discount Code for CoS Supporters for Borders Nation – new book

Border Nation: A Story of Migration by Leah Cowan

Pluto Press have offered City of Sanctuary supporters a 20% discount for the new book Border Nation: A Story of Migration by Leah Cowan. COS20 Furthermore they will support groups interested in hosting any online events with the authors/contributors or purchasing any copies at a trade discount to raise funds for their cause. (Contact Kieran O’Connor, Events and Marketing Executive [email protected])
See the reviews below – this is definitely a book we ae adding to our recommended reading list
for awareness raising and self education.
Borders are more than geographical lines – they impact all our lives, whether it’s the inhumanity of deportations, or a rise in racist attacks in the wake of the EU referendum. Border Nation shows how oppressive borders must be resisted.
Laying bare the web of media myths that vilify migrants, Leah Cowan dives into the murky waters of corporate profiteering from borders by companies like G4S, and the ramping up of everyday borders through legislation. She looks at their colonial origins, and explores how a draconian approach to border crossings damages our communities.
As borders multiply, so too must resistance. From demonstrations inside detention centres to migrant-led campaigns and acts of cross-border solidarity, people are fighting back to stand up for everyone’s freedom to move.
 
Leah Cowan is the former Politics Editor at the award-winning magazine gal-dem. She works at Project 17, an advice centre which supports migrant families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). She speaks on race, gender and migration, including for UN Women, in the House of Commons, and at the Trade Unions Congress, and has written for VICE, openDemocracy and the Guardian.

‘Powerful’ – Nikesh Shukla, editor of ‘The Good Immigrant’ (Unbound, 2017)

‘An accessible, well-researched and indispensable guide, myth-busting at every turn, and charting not just the origins of these violent realities, but of equal importance, how we can dismantle them’ – Joshua Virasami, author of ‘How To Change It: Make a Difference’ (Merky Books, 2020)

‘Cowan brings the very notion of a border into sharp focus in this meticulous and compassionate manifesto’ – Juno Mac, co-author of ‘Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight For Sex Workers’ Rights’ (Verso, 2020)

‘Passionate and laser sharp, Cowan not only exposes how greed, racism and hypocrisy work over generations to wall people out of Britain but also gives us tools to dig tunnels under those walls’ – Professor Bridget Anderson, Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol and Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship, University of Bristol

‘A powerful indictment of borders and border regimes that lays bare the story of how they emerged, how they exercise a tenacious hold on our imagination, and how they enact lethal violence on so many’ – Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the University of Cambridge