The Middlebury Institute
for the study of separatism, secession, and self-determination

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Middlebury Institute Papers
 
I. Collapse of the American Empire
II. The Case for American Secession
III. October 2005 Vermont Convention Speech
IV. Statement on Collegiality
V. Minimal Rights and Freedoms of Individuals in a Sovereign State
VI. From Little Acorns:  The American Secession Movement Today
VII. The Logic of Secession: Three Tines to a Trident
VIII. Your Empire's Collapsing...
IX. 
Danger Ahead: Obama's Lincoln Thing

Kirkpatrick Sale Articles
The Lessons of 9/11
Seeing Red and Seeing Blue
  Breakdown of Nations
Small Is Powerful
Things Fall Apart, Ready or Not
 Sale Interview in Iranian Newspaper
FrontPorchRepublic Articles

Other Important Articles

Christopher Ketcham, 2008
Most Likely to Secede” 


Christian Science Monitor, 2009
States rebel against Washington


Wall Street Journal, 2009
Divided We Stand


Slate, 2009
Who's most likely to secede?

Christopher Ketcham article,
Time Magzine
 “The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont


Miscellaneous Links
   
* Fourth World Review Current issue and archives
* Leopold Kohr Downloads wisdom from author of Breakdown of Nations
* Jason Sorens PhD writings on secession
* American Secession Project
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
     
Excerpts from:
   
Middlebury Declaration that came out of a Radical Consultation in Vermont, in 2004
We the undersigned participants of Radical Consultation are convinced that the American Empire, now imposing its military might on 153 countries around the world, is as fragile as empires historically tend to be, and that it might well implode upon itself in the near future. Before that happens, no matter what shape the United States may take, we believe there is an opportunity now to push through new political ideas and projects that would offer true popular participation and genuine democracy. The time to prepare for that is now...
 
Burlington Declaration from First North American Secession Convention in Vermont in 2006
We, the participants in the First North American Secessionist Convention, though representing many different and diverse groups and constituencies, agree on the following principles as representing the truths of natural law and historical experience...

Chattanooga Declaration from Second North Amerian Secession Convention in Tennessee in 2007
We, the delegates of the secession movements represented at the Second North American Secessionist Convention, acknowledging our differences, yet agree on the following truths:  1.    The deepest questions of human liberty and government facing our time go beyond right and left, and in fact have made the old left-right split meaningless and dead...

The Manchester Declaration from Third North American Secessionist Convention in New Hampshire in 2008 
We, the delegates to the Third North American Secessionist Convention, meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire, do declare the following:  The recent election in the United States, far from signaling a change in the imperial system or a restructuring of the essential political order, unfortunately perpetuates the two-party system and its old familiar politicians that for decades have promoted the interests of the corporate/financial elite whose willing servants they remain.  The recent financial flailing and machinations in the U.S., including the trillion-dollar bailout of the institutions that created the economic meltdown in the first place, provide ample and blatant evidence of  Wall Street’s control over U.S. politics in the interest of trying to see that the rich get richer and the rest get nowhere...
MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE NEWS & UPDATES
January 15, 2010 - "Vermont Independence Day" party secessionist candidates announce, get nationwide publicity.
January 31 - Time Magazine prints Christopher Ketcham article on the Vermont Secession movement.

VIDEO
Check out Middlebury Institute YouTube Page

Kirkpatrick Sale, November 2008, Part 1 of 3

"Divided We Stand Together" Secession Conference


SECESSION VIDEO SITES
Vermon Commons
VTFREE
Vermont Secession
SecessionNow
DixieNet.Org


AUDIO LINKS

Kirkpatrick Sale speech
 
"The Logic of Secession" 43 min MP4 file
October 5, 2007 at League of the South conference entitled "Southern Secession: Antidote to Empire and Tyranny" 

Christopher Ketcham Radio Interview on Secession
Whenever any form of government is destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness]
it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it,
and to institute new government in such form
 as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
Declaration of Independence, 1776