A Texian Partisan column
Among the Nations covers self-determination movements in other countries, in their own words. It's a column of the Texian Partisan.
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Independence parties took power in Quebec and Wales, Holyrood voted 72 to 55 to seek a second referendum, and three first ministers signed a statement on the right to decide.
Greenland's parliament approved the Arctic security deal 16 to 0. One clause binds any future independent Greenland to NATO and to the deal's terms.
At least seven Illinois counties approved advisory questions on exploring a new state apart from Cook County. Five counties had not posted results.
Alberta's justice minister refused the chief electoral officer's request to delay the 2027 election or keep the current map, giving the agency about 11 months.
The UN began closing its Western Sahara mission Sunday, 35 years after creating it for a referendum that was never held. It says Sahrawi rights survive.
The United Conservative Party revoked Jeffrey Rath's membership and now requires a pledge against separation. Cameron Davies quit as Republican Party of Alberta leader.
Downing Street called a second independence vote off the table after the Glasgow talks. Swinney told reporters he will keep pressing for one this parliamentary term.
Russia vetoed Washington's draft, Russia's own text failed, and the mandate of the UN mission created for a Western Sahara referendum runs out Saturday.
Elections Alberta's official results: 74.95 percent voted to remain in Canada, all five immigration questions passed and all four constitutional questions failed.
Half a million marched in France on October 17 and the Limoges town hall burned. The marchers want different things, and France's April vote, not the street, will decide who governs.
Britain's report to Parliament says China remains in ongoing non-compliance with the 1984 Joint Declaration, citing new Hong Kong police powers and Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence.
At least 11 Illinois counties vote November 3 on whether to explore separating from Cook County and Chicago to form a new state.
