Secession Fever Sweeps TX, MD, CO, and CA
Sept 14, 2013 7:51:09 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on Sept 14, 2013 7:51:09 GMT -5
If at first you don't secede; try, try again...
Secession Fever Sweeps Texas, Maryland, Colorado, and California
Five counties in Maryland want to form their own state. So do eight in Colorado and one in Northern California. And the Lone Star State is on its way becoming an independent “island nation,” according to an influential Texas Republican.
The wave of U.S. secession movements, the largest since the South tried to break up with the Union, is being fueled by a deep urban-rural split, says Frances Lee, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Department of Government and Politics. The fault lines are partisan affiliations and social issues such as reproductive rights and gun control. So it’s no coincidence that the counties seeking to break free generally identify as conservative or libertarian, nor is it a coincidence that they tend to be in rural areas. “This has a lot to do with the current composition of the White House,” says Lee. “Rural counties want to secede from states where they’ve been on the losing side of politics—even at the state level.”
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/12/secession-fever-sweeps-texas-maryland-colorado-and-california.html
And it ain't just here in the homeland folks...
Linking Hands, Catalans Press Case for Secession
BARCELONA, Spain — Hundreds of thousands of people waved flags and joined hands across Catalonia on Wednesday, in a show of popular force that Catalan leaders hope will revive their push for Spain’s economically most powerful region to secede from the rest of the country.
The human chain was formed on what Catalonia’s 7.5 million inhabitants celebrate as their national day. Last year, hundreds of thousands gathered on the same day in Barcelona, in northeastern Spain, in what was the largest separatist event to date.
Organizers of this year’s event insisted that even more people joined the demonstration, but official government figures were not immediately available. The chain on Wednesday ran for 250 miles through villages in the Pyrenees, close to the border with France, all the way to resorts on the Mediterranean Sea.
www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/world/europe/linking-hands-catalans-press-case-for-secession.html?_r=0
Secession Fever Sweeps Texas, Maryland, Colorado, and California
Five counties in Maryland want to form their own state. So do eight in Colorado and one in Northern California. And the Lone Star State is on its way becoming an independent “island nation,” according to an influential Texas Republican.
The wave of U.S. secession movements, the largest since the South tried to break up with the Union, is being fueled by a deep urban-rural split, says Frances Lee, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Department of Government and Politics. The fault lines are partisan affiliations and social issues such as reproductive rights and gun control. So it’s no coincidence that the counties seeking to break free generally identify as conservative or libertarian, nor is it a coincidence that they tend to be in rural areas. “This has a lot to do with the current composition of the White House,” says Lee. “Rural counties want to secede from states where they’ve been on the losing side of politics—even at the state level.”
www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/12/secession-fever-sweeps-texas-maryland-colorado-and-california.html
And it ain't just here in the homeland folks...
Linking Hands, Catalans Press Case for Secession
BARCELONA, Spain — Hundreds of thousands of people waved flags and joined hands across Catalonia on Wednesday, in a show of popular force that Catalan leaders hope will revive their push for Spain’s economically most powerful region to secede from the rest of the country.
The human chain was formed on what Catalonia’s 7.5 million inhabitants celebrate as their national day. Last year, hundreds of thousands gathered on the same day in Barcelona, in northeastern Spain, in what was the largest separatist event to date.
Organizers of this year’s event insisted that even more people joined the demonstration, but official government figures were not immediately available. The chain on Wednesday ran for 250 miles through villages in the Pyrenees, close to the border with France, all the way to resorts on the Mediterranean Sea.
www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/world/europe/linking-hands-catalans-press-case-for-secession.html?_r=0