Springtime of Nations

An irreverent, informative blog about separatism, autonomy, indigenous rights, interethnic conflict, balkanization, and micronationalism—with maps & flags in every article!

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Black, White, and Red (and Yellow) All Over: Commie Nun Vows Revolution for Independent Catalonia

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Separatist movements in the new Europe often have left and right wings to them. Nowhere is this truer than in Spain , whose unusual poli...

Friday, November 8, 2013

5 of 11 Counties Vote to Secede: Whither "New Colorado" Now?

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On November 5th, Colorado went to the polls. Among other issues at stake there—all of which featured the dynamic of rural Tea Party pu...

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Tax Hike in Mexican Border Region Sparks Baja California Independence Movement

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Up until a week or so ago, Mexico was the largest country in the world, other than Argentina , with no significant active separatist mov...

Monday, November 4, 2013

Abyei Votes Overwhelmingly to Leave Sudan, Join South Sudan, but Khartoum Says Forget It

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A referendum rally in Abyei, highlighting the Dinka people’s elaborate bovine clan emblems This has been a season for referenda. Reader...

Friday, November 1, 2013

Silicon Valley Technocrats Plan to Flee U.S. for Libertarian Floating Cities

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Already, Republican and Tea Party malcontents in liberal California are seeking to split away with candidates for statehood like “ Sou...

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Chris Roth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; Chris Roth is a social-cultural and linguistic anthropologist with an interest in the symbolic politics of nationalism and ethnicity. He has worked extensively with indigenous groups in northern British Columbia and southeast Alaska and is the author of an ethnography of the Tsimshian Nation.

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