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The day after the US emperor gave his annual speech full of lies, I thought it might be good time to review the state of the Cascadia bioregion. The Cascadia bioregion is strong, but it is also under threat. The combined economic output of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia is
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The idea of Cascadia has always been a bioregional concept rather than a nationalist project. But the current authoritarian and constitutional crisis is the United States has forced those of us who live in US states within the Cascadia bioregion to consider alternatives to remaining within the US framework. I
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One of the most common questions I'm asked when talking about Cascadia independence is: what exactly is included in Cascadia? I find there are two answers to that question. The first involves what we mean when we're talking about the Cascadia bioregion. This vast, interconnected web
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It's been another terrible week in the United States as ICE continued its assault – no milder term seems adequate – on the city of Minneapolis. There are glimmers of hope after a general strike shut down the Twin Cities, Trump demoted Greg Bovino, the cos-playing CBP fascist, and national
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If you've been reading this newsletter for a while you know I'm more than a little outspoken about the need to consider autonomy or outright independence for Oregon and Washington as the US continues to descend into an authoritarian – and yes, let's keep saying
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Many of us will be returning to No Kings protests across Cascadia this weekend. It's the sequel to the June 14 rallies and marches that brought between 4 and 6 million people into the streets in 2,100 cities to demonstrate against Donald Trump's authoritarian regime.
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There's been a lot of talk lately about the concept of "soft secession," which first surfaced in a post at The Existential Republic back in August. The idea is that blue states such as California, Oregon, and Washington are testing the waters to see how much
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It's been a gradual process, but I now identify as a resident of Cascadia rather than a resident of the United States. Rethinking one's identity and loyalties can be a difficult but clarifying process. For me, it has become more urgent with the election of Donald
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In the art of writing fiction there's a concept known as the "inciting incident," a moment early in a story when the main character is confronted with a shock or sudden change that then drives the rest of the narrative . It's a useful concept
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The day after the Justice Department arrested nine peaceful protesters in Spokane on felony charges, it's now clear that the authoritarian Trump administration is determined to use the institutions of power to crush dissent and silence its opponents. That the movement for Cascadia independence would be sparked in
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Today, Sen. Lisa Murkowski did a cowardly thing. Murkowski, a centrist who has flirted with the idea of leaving the Republican party and joining the Democrats, represents a portion of Cascadia in the US Senate (areas of southeast Alaska, including Juneau, are part of the bioregion). Murkowski was apparently very
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It was in my early fifties when I came out as bisexual (or, pansexual if you prefer, though I like the definition of bisexuality as being attracted to people of the same or different genders as oneself). When I first lived on Capitol Hill, the heart of Seattle's