Word: secessionism
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NOW THAT ARKANSAS HAS TAKEN THE FIRST GIANT STEP TOWARD SECESSION, WE CAN USE ALL THOSE OLD-FASHIONED FLAGS WITH 48 STARS.
He did not offer a fourth choice-independence-and the absence of this magic word set off predictable outcries among some African politicos. "France," said French West Africa Deputy Hammadoun Dicko, "must recognize our independence and not only our right to independence." After hearing a nationalist pep talk by Ghana...
Sowing the Seeds. As French Deputies trouped back from their holidays, they had clearly heard the voice of their constituents: Algeria is French and must remain so. Scarcely had the Assembly reconvened when right-wingers launched an all-out attack on the "federal council" clause of the loi-cadre. This...
Though the plan said nothing about granting independence to Algeria, its critics argued that once fighting stopped "no French government would dare start it up again," and in creating an Algerian assembly, France was in effect creating a legitimate body that would soon be demanding the right of secession.* Bourg...
For 30 years, in the midst of his other work, Knox labored lovingly on a history of Christian sectarianism, "mastering my authorities in trains, or over solitary meals, taking notes on rough pieces of paper and losing them." He titled the work Enthusiasm, and described the typical "enthusiastic" movement as...