List of active separatist movements in North America
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This is a list of currently active separatist movements in North America. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism. What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:
- They are active movements with living, active members.
- They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region.
- They are the citizen/peoples of the conflict area and do not come from other countries.
Under each region listed is one or more of the following:
- De facto state: for regions with de facto autonomy from the government
- Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state
- Proposed autonomous area: for movements toward greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession
- De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region
- Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control
- Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession
- Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations (sometimes called terrorist organisations)
- Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities
- Ethnic/ethno-religious/racial/regional/religious group(s)
Canada
Regions and islands
// The Maritimes: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, & Nova Scotia
British Columbia together with the Pacific Northwestern US (United States)
- Proposed state: Cascadia (Doug flag)
- Political party: BC Cascadia Party, Cascadian Independence Party
- Proposed state: Vancouver Island
- Political party: Vancouver Island Party
/// Western Canada
- Proposed state: Western Canada
- Political party: Wexit Canada, Western Canada Independence Party
- Pressure group: Wexit
- Political party: Wexit Canada, Western Canada Independence Party
Canadian provinces
- Secessionist movements
- Proposed state: Alberta or part as Western Canada
- Political party: Wexit Party
- Proposed State: Newfoundland and Labrador
- Regional group: Québécois people
- Proposed state: Republic of Quebec
- Civil organization: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, Mouvement national des Québécois et des Québécoises (MNQ), Rassemblement pour l'indépendance du Québec (RIQ), Les Intellectuels pour la souveraineté (IPSO), Mouvement de libération nationale du Québec (MLNQ), Réseau de Résistance du Québecois (RRQ)
- Labour union: Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ), Union des artistes (UDA)
- Political party: Parti Québécois, Bloc Québécois, Québec solidaire, Marxist–Leninist Party of Quebec
- Proposed state: Republic of Quebec
- Proposed state: Republic of Saskatchewan or part as Western Canada
- Political party: Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan
- Autonomist movements
- Proposed autonomous area: Alberta
- Political party: Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta[2], Alberta Independence Party
- Proposed autonomous area: Quebec
- Political party: Coalition Avenir Québec, Équipe Autonomiste
Native reserves
- Ethnic group: Haida
- Proposed state: Haida Nation
Denmark
- Secessionist movements
- For other movements in Denmark, see List of active separatist movements in Europe.
Greenland is geographically part of North America, but is politically connected to Europe.
- Ethnic group: Greenlandic Inuit
- Proposed state: Greenland
- Political party: Inuit Ataqatigiit, Forward, and Partii Naleraq
- Proposed state: Greenland
France
- Autonomist movements
- Proposed state: Republic of Martinique
- Political party: Martinican Progressive Party
- Secessionist movements
- Proposed state: Republic of Martinique
- Political party: Martinican Independence Movement
- Proposed state: Republic of Saint Barthelemy
- Political party: Saint Barth First!
Mexico
Ethnolinguistic regions
- Ethnic group: Norteños, Chicanos, Aridoamericanos
- Proposed States:
- Advocacies:
- Aridoamerican Identitarian Movement
- Aridoamerica Project
- (* 1953, † 2015)Charles A. Truxillo
- Political parties: None
- Related: El Bronco, Claudia Pavlovich, Javier Corral, Miguel Riquelme, FJGCDV
Mexican regions
- Ethnic group: Bajacalifornians
- Proposed state: Republic of Baja California
- Advocacies: Baja California Independence Movement
- Political parties: Baja California Republican Movement
- Movement: Baja California Independence Movement
- Militant organization: Separatist Army of the Sovereign State of Baja California
- Proposed state: Republic of Baja California
Mexican states
- Ethnic group: Sonorense
- Proposed state: Republic of Sonora
- Advocacy movements: Free Sonora, New Republic of Sonora
- Political party: Separatist Movement of the Northern States
- Proposed state: Republic of Sonora
- Ethnic group: Mexicans, Mayans
- Proposed state: Republic of Yucatán
- Political party: Alliance for Yucatan Party
- Proposed state: Republic of Yucatán
- Ethnic group: Chiapas Mayas
- De facto autonomous area: Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities
- Political parties: Council of Good Government
- Militant organization: Zapatista Army of National Liberation
- De facto autonomous area: Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities
Nicaragua
- Ethnic group: Miskito people
- Proposed state: Communitarian Nation of Moskitia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Proposed state: Dominion of Nevis.
- Political parties: Nevis Reformation Party (autonomist), Concerned Citizens' Movement (secessionist)
United States
Ethnic, cultural, linguistic and geographical regions
Cascadia (including Washington, Oregon, and the Canadian province of British Columbia)
- Proposed state: Cascadia
- Pressure group: Cascadia Independence Movement
- Proposed state: Confederate States of America or Southern United States
- Pressure groups: League of the South, The Florida League of the South, The North Florida Chapter League of the South
- Militant organization: New Confederate Army[5]
- Proposed state: Republic of New Afrika
- Ethnic group: Afro-Americans
- Proposed entity: Includes Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi
- Proposed state: Republic of New England
- Proposed entity: New England
- Pressure Groups: New England Independence Campaign
Northwest Territorial Imperative[6][7]
- Racial group: White Americans
- Proposed state: Northwest American Republic
- Pressure groups: White Aryan Resistance, Aryan Nations, Northwestern Imperative, [8]
- Proposed state: Republic of Lakotah
- Ethnic group: Lakota people
States
- Proposed state: Alaska
- Ethnic group: Alaska Natives
- Political party: Alaskan Independence Party[9]
- Proposed state: File:California independence flag 2.svg Second Californian Republic/"New" California
- Pressure groups: Yes California,[10] Californians for Independence[11]
- Political parties: California National Party[12], California Freedom Coalition
- Ethnic group: Native Hawaiians
- Pressure groups: Nation of Hawaiʻi, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
- Political party: Hawaii Independence Party
- Proposed state: Republic of Texas
- Pressure groups: Texas Nationalist Movement[14]
- Proposed state: Vermont Republic
- Political party: Vermont Independence Party[15][16]
- Pressure group: Second Vermont Republic
Territories
- Cultural group: Puerto Rican people
- Proposed state: Republic of Puerto Rico
- Political party: Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)
- Pressure group: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano (MINH), Socialist Front (FS)
- Militant organization: Boricua Popular Army (Macheteros), Cadets of the Republic
- Proposed state: Republic of Puerto Rico
See also
References
- ^ Cecco, Leyland; Agren, David (25 November 2019). "Wexit: Alberta's frustration fuels push for independence from Canada". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ https://www.freedomconservativeparty.ca/principles
- ^ https://www.sandiegored.com/en/news/73065/Separatist-Group-seeks-independence-for-Baja-California-Mexico
- ^ "Independence for Nevis still on the agenda, says premier". Caribbean Net News. 2006-07-16. Archived from the original on 2006-08-08. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Home". thenewconfederatearmy.tripod.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ "North American Republic". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "Nazi and Neo-Nazi Flags in the United States, Northwest Front, Flags of the World".
- ^ Gardell, Mattias (2003-06-27). Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism. Duke University Press. pp. 112–13. ISBN 9780822330592.
- ^ "Alaskan Independence Party".
- ^ http://www.yescalifornia.org/.
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(help) - ^ Hawaii is not geographically in the continent of North America, but is politically part of it.
- ^ http://www.thetnm.org/.
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(help) - ^ Vt. Independence Party to meet in Montpelier, WCAX-TV News, September 12, 2012.
- ^ Vermont Independence Party convention, Seven Days newspaper, September 2012.