\u003cP\u003eWritten as an act of protest in a Welsh-speaking community in north-west Wales, \u003cI\u003eWhy Wales Never Was\u003c/I\u003e combines a devastating analysis of the historical failure of Welsh nationalism with an apocalyptic vision of a non-Welsh future. It is the âprogressiveâ nature of Welsh politics and the âempire of the civicâ, which rejects both language and culture, that prevents the colonised from rising up against his colonial master. Wales will always be a subjugated nation until modes of thought, dominant since the nineteenth century, are overturned. \u003c/P\u003e\u003cP\u003eOriginally a comment on Welsh acquiescence to Britishness at the time of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the bookâs emphasis on the importance of European culture is a parable for Brexit times. Both deeply rooted in Welsh culture and European in scope, \u003cI\u003eWhy Wales Never Was\u003c/I\u003e brings together history, philosophy and politics in a way never tried before in Wales. First published in Welsh in 2015, \u003cI\u003eWhy Wales Never Was\u003c/I\u003e affirms the authorâs reputation as one of the most radical writers in Wales today. \u003c/P\u003e
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