“Secession may seem like an outlandish idea at first, but when considered forthrightly and un-prejudicially it becomes a powerful alternative to other kinds of political action. Thomas Naylor has here charted a brave and inspiring course for any American interested in practical, useful, thoroughgoing social and political change in America.”—from the introduction by Kirkpatrick Sale, author of Secession, the growing and evolving means to fundamentally change our national government, has been the recent subject of major articles in , , and . , professor emeritus of Duke University and co-author of and , is founder and chair of the Second Vermont Republic, the foremost secessionist organization in the country.