Listen in November on VPR for “Brave Little State” as Angela Evancie and her podcast team tackle the most important question of our time for Vermonters confronting a disintegrating US Empire.

October 25, 2017

BRAVE LITTLE STATE: “What would it look like if Vermont could actually secede from the Union?” (VPR)

Listen in November on VPR for “Brave Little State” as Angela Evancie and her podcast team tackle the most important question of our time for Vermonters […]
October 2, 2017

Catalans Choose Independence from Fascist Spain (SECESSION REFERENDUM)

Sunday was a day to remember, a remarkable display of people power, overwhelmingly choosing independence from despotic Madrid governance by a resounding 90% majority – despite […]
July 23, 2017

The “Secession Impulse” Is Alive and Well in US Cities and States (KIRKPATRICK SALE)

Publisher’s Note: Kirkpatrick Sale is our preeminent thinker on decentralism, and the founder of the Middlebury Institute, which organized in Middlebury, Vermont in November 2004. In […]
June 10, 2017

The Retro Future, by John Michael Greer (BOOK REVIEW)

“’Progress’ is just a label for whatever choices happen to have been made by governments and corporations, with or without input from the rest of us.” […]
June 6, 2017

Designing a 2nd Vermont Republic: Our New Plan “V” Pamphlet!

Plan “V” – Designing a 2nd Vermont Republic (2VR) The case for an UNtied States and a 2nd Vermont Republic (2VR), in 5,000 words. The perfect […]
May 13, 2017

Secede – From What? US of Empire and Plan ‘V” for a 2VR (INDY RADIO)

Always a pleasure yakking with Jim Hogue about Vermont independence on WGDR. Listen here. Free Vermont, and long live the UNtied States!
January 28, 2017

#Calexit: “Yes California” Independence Campaign Gains Steam

A proposal for California to break away from the United States has been submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office in the state capital. If it […]
January 26, 2017

SECESSION Poll: “Do You Support Your State Peacefully Withdrawing from the United States of America and the federal government?” (REUTERS)

Ipsos Poll Conducted for Reuters Session 1.25.2017 These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted December 6 – January 19, 2017 on behalf Thomson Reuters. For […]
January 14, 2017

Plan V: A 2017 Vermont Interdependence Program

In honor of January 2017 – Vermont Independence Month (as declared by the Vermont State Legislature) AND the 240th anniversary of the 1777 founding of the […]
January 13, 2017

Sand, Sun, And Secession: Will Catalonia try to secede from Spain this year? (BBC)

80% of Catalonia voters support nonviolent secession and independence from Spain. If the stand-off between the Spanish state and the north-eastern region of Catalonia has been […]
December 27, 2016

The “Nullification” Precedent: How Vermont Can Block Overreaching Federal Power (HISTORY)

Vermonters were up in arms. They believed Congress, by caving in to the Southern slave states, had just struck a deal with the devil. The Vermont […]
November 10, 2016

Trump’ing the Empire, Kickstarting a 2nd Vermont Republic: Interposition, Nullification, and Secession

Donald J. Trump’s victory has laid bare the U.S. of Empire. Encouraged to run as a “fringe candidate” by the neoliberal Clintonistas (who threw the populist […]