Well - there have long been various forms of secessionist rumblings in the Pacific Northwest - the issue is that they're all so scattered.
There are various movements like the State of Jefferson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Jefferson) concept, that don't want to create a separate, sovereign nation - but want to re-arrange the states in the area to some degree.
And then there's the Cascadia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_(independence_movement)) movement that essentially wants the Columbia River watershed and some related territory to become an independent nation.
And of course, I've already mentioned Ecotopia - the novel being drawn on as supporting material for a number of these movements, as is the Garreau volume.
I should also mention - with distaste - that until the Aryan Nations was broken up, they had an idea of taking over some portion of the area with their racial ends in mind. Most of the PNW secessionist movements tend to be "tree-hugger green" or populist in nature - not racist.
The problem is generally that there's a surprising amount of sentiment for the concept of a political re-alignment in the Pacific Northwest, but vast disagreement on what form it "should" take... which of course means it's not even remotely likely to happen unless some event were to crystallize opinion in one particular direction.
One thing I don't quite understand is why there are songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" and others of a similar nature about the South ... when to my mind the PNW is much more worthy of laudatory song. ;)
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Date: 2008-Apr-06, Sunday 05:38 pm (UTC)There are various movements like the State of Jefferson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Jefferson) concept, that don't want to create a separate, sovereign nation - but want to re-arrange the states in the area to some degree.
And then there's the Cascadia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_(independence_movement)) movement that essentially wants the Columbia River watershed and some related territory to become an independent nation.
And of course, I've already mentioned Ecotopia - the novel being drawn on as supporting material for a number of these movements, as is the Garreau volume.
I should also mention - with distaste - that until the Aryan Nations was broken up, they had an idea of taking over some portion of the area with their racial ends in mind. Most of the PNW secessionist movements tend to be "tree-hugger green" or populist in nature - not racist.
The problem is generally that there's a surprising amount of sentiment for the concept of a political re-alignment in the Pacific Northwest, but vast disagreement on what form it "should" take... which of course means it's not even remotely likely to happen unless some event were to crystallize opinion in one particular direction.
One thing I don't quite understand is why there are songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" and others of a similar nature about the South ... when to my mind the PNW is much more worthy of laudatory song. ;)