(Untitled)- October 29, 2006 North American Secessionist Convention Kirkpatrick Sale, Founder of the Middlebury Institute, wrote an excellent article in Counter Punch discussing the upcoming Secessionist Convention and Secession in general. (link via Dru) Carol Moore discusses the convention here. Lara DeLuz argues for Cascadian secession. One thing you can do to support this effort is sign the Declaration of States' Rights petition. Not all secessionist agree that the concept of nation-states has any role in...http://www.secessionist.us/2006/10/north-american-secessionist-convention.html Secession in South Carolina must be peaceful- October 15, 2006 Christian Exodus occasionally hears from respondents that secession from the Union is "insane." Well, Independence from the other States in the union is only "insane" when coupled with an assumption that it would be violently attained. This is of course the very first conclusion uninformed Americans make when they hear the word "secession". A State declaring independence today would be entirely different than in 1776, because a global public relations campaign would need to succeed. Let's look..http://www.secessionist.us/2006/10/secession-in-south-carolina-must-be_15.html Candidate for California Governor Supports Secession- October 15, 2006 For Elisha Shapiro, its the answer to all of Californias problems. Shapiro, 52, is running as a write-in candidate for governor under the Nihilist Party. And contrary to popular knowledge, he does believe in at least one thing very strongly: secession. As in, secession from the union.http://www.secessionist.us/2006/10/candidate-for-california-governor.html Secession For Hawaiians- October 14, 2006 Senator Akaka's bill basically sets up a scenario that would allow Hawaii, or at least portions of it, to secede from the American union. Now I know some might start to fret over this idea, but let's think about this for a minute. What was the Declaration of Independence but a document justifying the right of secession of the separate American colonies from the British Empire In truth, didn't the states, acting individually, secede from the Articles of Confederation, and over a period of...http://www.secessionist.us/2006/10/secession-for-hawaiians.html California Secessionist Blog- October 14, 2006 California Secession Bloghttp://www.secessionist.us/2006/10/california-secessionist-blog.html Partition in Iraq- October 11, 2006 Good commentary from Mike Tuggle:Iraq IS a multicultural nation, which is why the Neocons have resisted partition for so long, just as the US resisted partition as a solution in that unfortunate multicultural experiment in the Balkans called Bosniaeven to this day, UN troops are the only thing preventing a resumption of inter-ethnic conflict.http://www.secessionist.us/2006/10/partition-in-iraq.html Three Autonomous Regions in Iraq- October 8, 2006 The Sunday TimesAn independent commission set up by Congress with the approval of President George W Bush may recommend carving up Iraq into three highly autonomous regions, according to well informed sources.Amazing, smart folks have said for three years that this is the only viable solution - just now the clowns in charge are beginning to consider this option.Well if regional autonomy is found to be good for Iraq why not here in the US tooTechnorati tags: Iraq, autonomy, secessionhttp://www.secessionist.us/2006/10/three-autonomous-regions-in-iraq.html Iraqi Kurds raise secession threat over oil- October 3, 2006 "ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish regional government raised the threat of secession on Wednesday if the Baghdad government did not drop its claims to a say in the development of oil resources in their northern districts."http://www.secessionist.us/2006/10/iraqi-kurds-raise-secession-threat.html |