Word: secessionism
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Such visible hardening has increased speculation that a military coup might be in the offing. Some Western experts and even some Soviets argue that a de facto coup has taken place. The reactionaries were shocked when radicals took control of city councils in Moscow, Leningrad and Sverdlovsk and several republics...
But it's doubtful that spirit of cooperation will last. The further that Iraq slides into civil war, the more the Kurds will want to insulate themselves from it, by carving out more political and economic autonomy. Even if they stop short of outright secession, the Kurds could still unleash...
One day last week, I logged into Facebook and came across a group entitled "Students for the Secession of New England (SSNE)." Intrigued by the title and atrocious acronym, I clicked to see just what this group was all about.
Their manifesto claims that New England is a “bastion of sanity in a nation of crazy,” and it ends by stating, “WHEREAS we believe in the socially progressive values espoused in the Northeast: we will advocate, through means violent and non...
As I nearly yielded to the temptation to create a “Students for the Forced Secession of New England” Facebook group, I came up with multiple justifications for why New England would not be missed.