SELF-DETERMINATION
FOR WHITE PEOPLE? NOT UNLESS THEY KNOW THEY'RE A PEOPLE, AND NOT UNLESS THEY DEMAND IT. by H. Millard (c) 2000 |
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The Helsinki Final Act
has this to say about self-determination:
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II. A real world example of a group of people who until recently had no recognized identity separate from other people in their nation, can be seen with many of the people who live north of the Po River in Italy. Up until a few years ago, these people considered themselves to be "just Italians," much as many whites in America say that they are "just Americans." However, activists among the people in that section of Italy started pointing out that they were different from other peoples in the nation, and that they were really not just Italians at all, but had an identity that trumped that lumpen national one. In fact, many of these people were far more Germanic in appearance than other Italians from the south of Italy. Many of them, for example, have blond hair and blue eyes. Their interests, desires and, yes, their destiny, were being repressed by having to be part of people unlike themselves and by trying to fit into the greater mass that acts like a blanket and keeps them clustered near a mediocre norm. As I have written in other columns, the consciousness raising instituted by the activists has now reached a point that many people in the region now believe that their interests, culture and heritage are not adequately represented by being part of Italy, and these people want to establish an independent nation called Padania. Spearheading the move for separation is the Northern League headed by Umberto Bossi who has shown himself adept at getting his separatist agenda into the press on a regular basis and thus building support. |
First, there must be an
understanding by the people that they are a separate people, different
in many respects from other people in the old larger nation. The differences
must be pointed out to the people and the old larger government's propaganda,
which tries to deny differences, must be shown for the fraud that it is.
In this regard, it is important to give the people a sense of cohesiveness
and identity via flags, anthems, slogans and other highly visible symbols
that the people can incorporate into their daily lives. Second, the people must be shown that the interests of this separate people; all their hopes and dreams, can not be satisfied by the larger nation which, by its very nature must create a bland generalized society to encompass diverse peoples. The people must be made aware of the fact that they are being victimized by the larger nation either in economic matters, various repressive actions, violent crime or in other ways, and that the larger nation is harmful to the interests of this separate people and is a millstone around their collective necks. Third, the people must be taught that they have the moral and legal right to declare themselves what they already know they are---a separate nation---free of people unlike themselves so that they may pursue their destiny through the exercise of their self-determination and self-definition. Fourth, the people must establish their own separate organs of government from police to soup kitchens and everything in between. In other words, they must establish their own government and they must act as a separate nation. This is difficult, because the larger government will try to smash this new nation aborning through all means possible. It is at this juncture that the the effectiveness of the new organs of government will be tested. If the spade work was done correctly and the people remain strong and loyal to the new government in the face of massive repression and suppression by the old larger government, then the new nation may emerge. |