“Imagine a world worth living in, a world worth fighting for.” ― Leslie Feinberg I first met the legendary transgender activist Les Feinberg in the late nineties. I was in my twenties, presenting as male, and living the life of leaden nullification my fellow travelers know. All was still and dark, gray and cold, not simply […]

The president of Catalonia [Catalunya] vows to hold a referendum on independence in 2017. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont promised a “legal and binding” vote in his televised New Year’s speech. A consultative ballot in 2014, which recorded a large majority for independence, was ignored by Spain. Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has again ruled out the […]

Office of the California National Party National Chair January 1, 2017 Fellow CNP Leaders, This is an extremely exciting time to be part of the California National Party!  I want to personally thank each and every one of you for everything you are doing to build the CNP and create a stronger California for all […]

Natalie Blake, co-chair of the LA CNP chapter, gives a great interview here for the Bradcast podcast.  Check it out and give them a visit if you like what you hear!  Natalie’s segment starts at 14 minutes in. On today’s BradCast, I’m in for Brad again. We start by pick up where we left off […]

In 1940, the great Californian writer, John Steinbeck, made what may be the best argument for California’s independence: Some time ago a congress of honest men refused an appropriation of several hundreds of millions of dollars to feed our people. They said, and meant it, that the economic structure of the country would collapse under […]

In order to qualify as a party the CNP needs 50k people to change their voter registration to CNP.  It’s easy, free, and take just a couple minutes – if you haven’t already switched you can do so online in 5 minutes or less.  Once we get there our candidates qualify for campaign financing and […]

In the wake of the 2016 election, both the California National Party and its call for independence (#freethebear) have picked up a lot of momentum. This leads to the impression that the movement is just an overreaction, a pushback over the election of someone the vast majority of Californians did not vote for. Which raises a […]

Yes California recently opened an “embassy” in Russia with sponsorship from the Russian government, and during their inaugural press conference advocated a “Crimean model” for Californian independence.  Since that organization persists in falsely claiming that we are “affiliated” with them, and since Crimean independence was immediately followed by Russian annexation, we would like to offer […]

I’ve been sitting on the blog post below for a few days now. I held off on publishing it because I was aware that my views were evolving more rapidly than I was comfortable with, and I don’t like to put things out there that I can’t ultimately stand behind. I’m hitting the “publish” button […]

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election night win, progressives across the country have struggled to understand how they fit into a large swath of the country that expressly rejects liberal values. Californians seem particularly at odds with red state priorities, as evidenced by the fact that Hillary Clinton’s 2.6 million popular vote lead largely […]