Delegates took note of the fact that our government has lost its moral authority and that our nation is unsustainable, ungovernable, and, therefore, unfixable.
by Thomas H. Naylor
Flag-waving patriots didn’t like it one bit. Nor did left-wing Democrats, right-wing Republicans, the Bush administration’s neocon mafia, the Israeli lobby, Corporate America, Fox news, CNN, National Public Radio, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, The Nation, The Wall Street Journal, or The New York Times. The have-gun-will-travel Southern Poverty Law Center was absolutely beside itself. And what exactly was it that they all didn’t like?
On October 3-4 representatives from thirty state separatist movements met in Chattanooga, Tennessee to discuss peaceable ways to dissolve the American Empire. Delegates came from as far away as California, Alaska, Oregon, Vermont, and New Hampshire joining Southerners from Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Sponsored by the New England based Middlebury Institute and The League of the South, the Second North American Secessionist Convention brought together a strange mix of so-called blue state liberals and red state conservatives committed to the peaceful breakup of the Empire. There was only one issue on the table — the Empire. There was no time whatsoever for discussion of such divisive issues as race, religion, class, sexuality, or immigration. Delegates from both camps sniffed each other out, acknowledged their differences, and remained steadfastly on topic for two full days.
Delegates took note of the fact that our government has lost its moral authority and that our nation is unsustainable, ungovernable, and, therefore, unfixable.
Near the end of the convention nearly all delegates signed the “Chattanooga Declaration.” The declaration listed seven truths upon which most delegates agreed. It acknowledged the fact that the left-right dichotomy was an anachronism from the past exploited by politicians to help keep us divided. It further noted that the Bush administration has tried to resurrect the left-right divide to gain support for its convoluted war on terrorism.
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