Alaskan Independence Party

There are as many reasons for seeking independence from empire as there are freedom loving men and women. The Alaska Independence Party represents one important movement among many.

From their website:


"The Alaskan Independence Party can be summed up in just two words:

ALASKA FIRST!"

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South Carolina League of the South

Small is Better

The response to the last presidential election in this country has been regional and holds the seeds of a real separatist movement. A group on the West Coast called MoveonCalifornia was established in November 2004 and has since been holding meetings under the rubric of a “Committee to Explore California Secession.” The League of the South, which has been pressing for Southern secession for some decades, has found renewed fervor for its cause. A group in New Mexico has proposed a “Republica del Norte” that might include Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and southern Colorado. Hawaii has three secessionist organizations and there’s a move to have a statewide referendum on a return to the independent state it once was. The Alaska Independence Party has been a real force in the state for years—it even got Walter Hickel elected governor on its slate in 1991, though he soon rejected the party—and now has grown to more than 20,000 members, the largest statewide third party in America. And a group in New York City, connected to a weekly called the Brooklyn Rail, has been writing and meeting and propagandizing for a Free NYC movement. - Kirkpatrick Sale

Read more at World Prout Assembly
http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2007/06/small_is_powerf.html

Selfdetermination Nation

Second Vermont Republic (SVR) is a secessionist movement within the U.S. state of Vermont to return the independent status of the Vermont Republic from 1777–91. The organization was founded by Thomas Naylor, a former Duke University economics professor who began the secession movement when he published the book The Vermont Manifesto.

As of January 2005, the movement had 125 card-carrying members^[1]. SVR's web site says "Our primary objective is to extricate Vermont peacefully from the United States as soon as possible." Supporters of the Second Vermont Republic endorse Vermont's current commitment to small and sustainable towns, farms and businesses, and encourage residents of the state to buy products made locally and sold in small locally owned stores. They also believe in direct democracy at the local level and desire to turn back as much power as possible to local communities.

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Racism controversy

The Second Vermont Republic came under increased scrutiny and controversy after an anonymous blogger accused some of their advisory board members of having affiliations with Neo-Confederate groups, such as the League of the South. In reaction to criticism, Naylor posted a response at the SVR website that says the organization has loose connections to other secessionist groups with varying political and social positions and refers to the Southern Poverty Law Center as "…a well known McCarthy-like group of mercenaries… who routinely engage in ideologically driven witch hunts and smear campaigns on behalf of their wealthy, techno-fascist clients."

Flag use

The Second Vermont Republic website designates the historic flag of the Vermont Republic as its "official flag." This dismayed some Vermonters who display that flag as a sign of Vermont history and identity but do not support Vermont's secession from the Union. Another group, the Project for a New Vermont State Flag, opposes SVR's use as they fear it decreases their chances of persuading the Vermont General Assembly to adopt the Vermont Republic's flag as Vermont's state flag.

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