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Topic: Secessionist


  
  Secession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Other secessionist movements have also existed from time to time in Canada, including anti-Confederation movements in 19th century Atlantic Canada (see Anti-Confederation Party), the North-West Rebellion of 1885, and various small separatism movements in Alberta particularly (see Alberta Separatism) and Western Canada generally (see [Separatism]).
This is supported by the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan, but is opposed by the Pan-Blue Coalition in Taiwan which supports continuing the ROC as is, and the PRC government which regards Taiwan as a part of its territory.
The dispute is a result of the unique ethnic, cultural, and religious characters of the two regions, as well as differences between the two sides in the interpretation of the history, political status, and human rights situation in the regions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secession   (1696 words)

  
 Vienna Secession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this way they were very much in keeping with the iconoclastic spirit of turn-of-the-century Vienna (the time and place that also saw the publication of Freud's first writings).
The Secessionist style was exhibited in a magazine that the group produced, called "Ver Sacrum", which featured highly decorative works representative of the Art Deco period.
Secessionist architects often decorated the surface of their buildings with linear ornamentation in a form commonly called whiplash or eel style.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vienna_Secession   (359 words)

  
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Secessionist parties in advanced democracies succeed not because they appeal to a primordial past, but because they are able to present independence or wide-ranging autonomy as beneficial in political and economic terms.
Likewise, results for Catalan secessionists in the Roussillon region of Languedoc and results for Basque secessionists in the Pyrenées-Atlantiques département of Aquitaine are not reported in the dataset.
In addition, secessionist movements in democracies and autocracies need to be studied separately, as regime type may have a conditional effect on the determinants of secessionism.
www.yale.edu /leitner/xseshcpsanon.doc   (7056 words)

  
 Interstate and civil war, state crisis and formation
In order to analyse the relationship linking conflict between established states and conflicts between states and secessionist movements it is important to look at changes in global politics during the latter half of the twentieth century, and the different phases of conflict that have emerged.
However, involvement in secessionist conflicts was apparent by established regional states at the regional level.
In the current post-9/11 situation, secessionist movements worldwide are seen by most of the established powers as a source of instability and a possible trigger of state collapse.
www.sussex.ac.uk /Users/hafa3/contemporary/petermilne.htm   (2450 words)

  
 Chapter Two: A Political Economy Theory of Separatist Support
To predict which regions will develop stronger secessionist parties, then, it is necessary to include variables that influence secessionist demands, as well as variables measuring institutions that have a persistent effect on the translation of these demands into political parties.
Perhaps the most obvious model for predicting support for independence is to assume that it varies according to the degree of basic cultural difference between the peripheral region and the rest of the country.
However, such voters must at least be “conditional secessionists,” in that they do not fear the consequences of electing a secessionist majority.
www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~jsorens/chapter2.htm   (9020 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Secessionist
Biafra, Republic of BIAFRA, REPUBLIC OF [Biafra, Republic of] secessionist state of W Africa, in existence from May 30, 1967, to Jan. 15, 1970.
Scotland, Free Church of SCOTLAND, FREE CHURCH OF [Scotland, Free Church of] the secessionist Presbyterian church established as a result of the great disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland.
The cause of the separation lay in the demand of the laity for a voice in matters of patronage.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Secessionist   (589 words)

  
 Chapter Five: Autonomy and Secessionism
In Flanders, Volksunie has moved from a non-secessionist position in the 1970s to a moderate secessionist position in the late 1980s (advocating a confederal solution for Belgium), and in 2001 split into moderate and radical parties.
Secessionist parties are perhaps unique in that a few economic factors seem to affect the year-to-year variation in their vote share in the same way in all countries.
More case studies can be done on how specific secessionist movements mobilize their supporters and reach out to the whole electorate, and how central governments typically respond to these movements under various conditions.
www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~jsorens/chapter6.htm   (4493 words)

  
 Secessionist move doomed to failure
Scrapping the council and the guidelines is solely aimed at paving the way for his pursuit of Taiwan's de jure independence through the "constitutional re-engineering" project.
By obstinately taking an extreme secessionist path to make Taiwan secede from China, Chen is making himself an enemy of the will of the mainstream in Taiwan and the inevitable trend of closer cross-Straits integration.
Chen is doomed to failure as the entire Chinese nation stands united to fight secessionist activities and safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2006-02/28/content_524601.htm   (547 words)

  
 The ethics of secession
Yet in the same historical perspective, non-national (non-ethnic) secessionist movements are a total flop.
Although secessionist groups are often nationalist, the ideology of nationalism is generally hostile to secession.
It is a mistake to equate 'nationalist' with 'secessionist'.
web.inter.nl.net /users/Paul.Treanor/secession.html   (3916 words)

  
 Assam: The Secessionist Insurgency and the Freedom of Minds - Sunil Nath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Contrary to the secessionist movements among some tribes and nationalities in the Northeast since the emergence of independent India, Assam is a late entrant to the arena of separatism.
KIA was a battle-hardened fighting force, engaged in a secessionist war with the Burmese government, and was experienced in the art of guerrilla fighting since the Second World War.
Within the context of this analysis, it is felt that an unbiased approach to ‘secessionist insurgency’ — a political problem — and ‘terrorism’ — a heinous method of registering protest and conducting insurgency — is needed to tackle the problem of violence in the forms currently prevailing in Assam.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume13/Article2.htm   (8245 words)

  
 Were the Founding Fathers Secessionist Monsters?
Both were full-blown secession movements of states or colonies who felt that they were no longer having their interests represented in the established governmental system.
Jaffa, in his book A New Birth of Freedom, claims to be defending the principles of the "founders," but he denies that the Southern secessionists had the right to employ the very same arguments and political tactics that the "founders" did.
The fact that one society that seeks to sever its ties with another may allow slavery does in no way negate the fact that secession, as stated in the Declaration of Independence (a secessionist document often quoted out-of-context by Lincoln) is a basic right of societies.
www.lewrockwell.com /mcmaken/mcmaken42.html   (1044 words)

  
 American Secession Project
However the concept of supporting another in their bid to manage their own affairs is certainly a historic American (if not 20th century American) point of view.
s such the project has and will attempt to represent each separatist, independence and secessionist group fairly and objectively.
Our purpose is to establish that self-determination is a basic right and support all groups seeking self-determination and independence.
www.secessionist.us   (1111 words)

  
 Non-Violent Secessionist Strategies
Decentralists and secessionists already have created loose continental and worldwide computer networks to share information and coordinate strategies.
Secessionists must be flexible and adaptable in planning strategy and tactics.
Thinking in terms of four secessionist strategies helps us clarify what we must do to achieve political decentralization: consense on common principles, raise consciousness to critical mass, create community and alternative institutions, and organize non-violent resistance and secession.
www.carolmoore.net /articles/secession-strategy.html   (4677 words)

  
 Tamil Nadu Politics - Independence (separatist, secessionist, liberation, freedom) movements
Tamil Nadu had one of the earliest independence movements (separatist or secessionist or liberation movements) in India even before the British left.
Unlike the Pakistan movement the latter is based on nationalism, ethnicity and language and not on religion.
For detailed discussions on the various aspects of the independence (or secessionist) movements, readers are referred to the following articles.
www.geocities.com /tamiltribune/f   (1320 words)

  
 List of active autonomist and secessionist movements - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This is a list of currently active, autonomist and secessionist movements around the world.
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
(These groups argue that it is incorrect to apply the terms "secede", "secession" and "secessionist" in the case of Hawai‘i since, in their view, the 1898 annexation by the U.S. was never valid in the first place.)
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_stateless_ethnic_groups   (1457 words)

  
 CALL FOR REPRESENTATIVESTO THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN SECESSIONIST CONVENTION
We are unable to absorb the 2-night hotel room fees, but we will provide a conference room for a Saturday meeting and a banquet on Saturday night.
Individuals from real, active, serious, and ongoing secessionist and separatist organizations--please, no individual secessionists or the like--are urged to contact the Director@Middleburyinstitute.net if they wish to take part in the first American Secessionist Convention.
If the United States decentralizes, hopefully it will be done in a way that preserves the freedom of trade, and peace on the continent.
forum.soulawakenings.com /index.php?topic=3536.msg62334   (1699 words)

  
 Separatist, Para-military, Military, Intelligence, and Political Organizations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
There are many legitimate secessionist or autonomy movements.
However, many sites claiming to be maintained by Indian secessionist movements are actually designed by supporters of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba or allied Pakistan-based organizations (see the Pakistan section below for more).
Many of sites are not seeking separatism or autonomy but instead seeking union with Pakistan or with some larger pan-Islamic movement.
www.cromwell-intl.com /security/nu/ipk.html   (1648 words)

  
 Rad Geek People’s Daily: official state media for a secessionist republic of one
Rad Geek People’s Daily: official state media for a secessionist republic of one
Geekery Today: an online newswire on radical politics, culture, technology, and quasi-Analytic philosophy, from the state propaganda ministry of a secessionist republic of one.
Official state media for a secessionist republic of one.
www.radgeek.com   (4405 words)

  
 VENEZUELA: Chavez accuses US of secessionist plot
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Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chavez claimed on March 5 that the US is attempting to build a secessionist movement in the resource-rich state of Zulia.
Venezuleanalysis.com reported on March 8 that Chavez accused the governor of Zulia, Manuel Rosales, of conspiring with the US government to build a separatist movement “so that the United States may benefit from the state’s significant oil resources”.
www.greenleft.org.au /back/2006/660/660p22.htm   (749 words)

  
 Secessionist Discussion Forum / SeDF
Welcome to Secessionist Discussion Forum (SeDF) where viewers can freely express their ideas and views regarding USA or World Politics.
Enjoy complete freedom of speech.* Secessionists Party Links (Google) *
S.H. Apr 17, 2002, 3:20 AM Create your own forum at Network54
www.network54.com /Forum/193771   (389 words)

  
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