Category: Progressive strategy
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‘Soft secession’ & an independence agenda
We live under a cruel, abusive, and lawless federal government. Decent people can all see that—it’s become hard to deny. For those cities and states under attack, the question is how we respond. Some cities and state governments are showing ways to respond. Masses of regular people are showing other…
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250 years of independence
This year we celebrate 250 years since America’s founders declared independence from a distant, abusive empire to the east. West Coast states are in a similar position today. Let’s use the occasion of our semiquincentennial to consider all our options. I’ve been writing about how we seem to be an…
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Imagine Pacifica
I’ve been writing over the past year about the prospects for greater independence of Pacific states—Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii. Let’s call it Pacifica, for the moment. See previous pieces here, here, and here. I believe such discussions need to take place as the so-called United States has become irreparably…
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Pacific states, we have a problem
As the abuses spewing forth from the White House become more widespread, serious, and unavoidable, let’s keep one question in mind: How much abuse from a national tyrant are we willing to endure before we walk away from this dysfunctional relationship?
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Thoughts about political action in 2025
Here are some thoughts about responding the MAGA assault to come this year. Your thoughts? Please post in comments. Respond to specific injustices as they arise. Of course. Remember how people shut down airports when the Muslim travel ban was announced last time? A rapid, forceful response that could not…
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