Most Likely to Secede: What the Vermont Independence Movement Can Teach Us About Reclaiming Community and Creating a Human-Scale Vision for the 21st Century

(Vermont Independence Press) This anthology collects the best articles from the Vermont Commons news journal, which was launched in 2005. The publication has advocated for secession and “provided a forum for exploring the roots of American imperialism and a range of possible social, cultural, and economic antidotes to it,” writes Miller. The contributors (activists, scholars, and entrepreneurs) explore relocalized ways of meeting essential needs for food, energy, financial stability, and a robust community life. And they explain why powerful, highly centralized institutions conspire to destroy community, erode democracy, and enrich an elite few. Williams is the publisher of Vermont Commons.