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The '''American Redoubt''' movement is an [[conservative]] [[political]] migration initiative created by novelist [[James Wesley Rawles]] of [[The Survival Blog]]. The movement encourages [[citizen]]s  to pull up stakes and to move to a more open and free location, a safe haven similar to a [[Galt's Gulch]]—to [[vote with your feet|vote with their feet]].  This movement has targeted a multistate area in the [[Intermountain West]] of [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Wyoming]], [[Eastern Oregon]], and [[Eastern Washington]] as a relocation zone.

The '''American Redoubt''' movement is a [[political]] migration initiative created by novelist [[James Wesley Rawles]] of [[The Survival Blog]]. The movement encourages [[citizen]]s  to pull up stakes and to move to a more open and free location, a safe haven similar to a [[Galt's Gulch]]—to [[vote with your feet|vote with their feet]].  This movement has targeted a multistate area in the [[Intermountain West]] of [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Wyoming]], [[Eastern Oregon]], and [[Eastern Washington]] as a relocation zone.

The movement was launched when Rawles started advocating that libertarians relocate to the area on his SurvivalBlog.  Rawles and his followers do not track what portion of the people who have moved into the area did so in response to these efforts.

The movement was launched when Rawles started advocating that libertarians relocate to the area on his SurvivalBlog.  Rawles and his followers do not track what portion of the people who have moved into the area did so in response to these efforts.

The American Redoubt concept was endorsed by former [[presidential candidate]] Rev. [[Chuck Baldwin]], who had recently relocated his entire extended family to western Montana. It also soon inspired the launch of a weekly survival-preparedness [[podcast]] by [[Christian]] [[libertarian]] journalist [[John Jacob Schmidt]], called [[Radio Free Redoubt]],<ref>http://www.radiofreeredoubt.com accessed December 4, 2014</ref> as well as a volunteer network of [[amateur radio]] operators called [[AmRRON]] (the [[American Redoubt Radio Operators Network]]) established in 2012.  

The American Redoubt concept was endorsed by former [[presidential candidate]] Rev. [[Chuck Baldwin]], who had relocated his entire extended family to western Montana. It also soon inspired the launch of a weekly survival-preparedness [[podcast]] by [[Christian]] [[libertarian]] journalist [[John Jacob Schmidt]], called [[Radio Free Redoubt]],<ref>http://www.radiofreeredoubt.com accessed December 4, 2014</ref> as well as a volunteer network of [[amateur radio]] operators called [[AmRRON]] (the [[American Redoubt Radio Operators Network]]) established in 2012.  

The second podcast is by [[Alex Barron]] (http://alexanderbarron.com), an [[African American]] [[Catholic]] redoubter, who founded the [[Charles Carroll Society]] podcast (https://charlescarrollsociety.com). Alex is the self-proclaimed Bard of the American Redoubt who speaks from a Traditional Catholic, [[Constitutional Conservative]], [[American Patriot]] viewpoint. Alex says, "Jim Rawles coined the term, but it is actually a simple concept, it is called [[political migration]].  There are many groups who have done this over the years; [[Protestant]]s and other minority religious groups escaping the Catholic church in [[Europe]] (I guess that would actually be religious migration but you get the point), [[liberty]]-minded people escaping the Protestant King of [[England]].  [[Native American]]s moving West to escape the European [[colonization]] (I guess forced [[ethnic cleansing]], but again I hope you get the point).  Americans of African descent escaping the South (racial migration?).  Many, many groups move because of various reasons including political reasons.  The American Redoubt is Christian and [[Jewish]] liberty-loving [[traditionalist]] politically migrating from militant [[progressive]] secular states.".. -- [[Blue states]] such as [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Hawaii]], [[Illinois]], [[Maryland]], [[Maine]], [[Michigan]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Vermont]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Washington DC]] and others.<ref>https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/01/28/the-american-redoubt-who-the-players-are accessed December 4, 2014</ref>

The second podcast is by [[Alex Barron]] (http://alexanderbarron.com), an [[African American]] [[Catholic]] redoubter, who founded the [[Charles Carroll Society]] podcast (https://charlescarrollsociety.com). Barron is the self-proclaimed Bard of the American Redoubt who speaks from a Traditional Catholic, [[Constitutional Conservative]], [[American Patriot]] viewpoint. Barron says, "Jim Rawles coined the term, but it is actually a simple concept, it is called [[political migration]].  There are many groups who have done this over the years; [[Protestant]]s and other minority religious groups escaping the Catholic church in [[Europe]] (I guess that would actually be religious migration but you get the point), [[liberty]]-minded people escaping the Protestant King of [[England]].  [[Native American]]s moving West to escape the European [[colonization]] (I guess forced [[ethnic cleansing]], but again I hope you get the point).  Americans of African descent escaping the South (racial migration?).  Many, many groups move because of various reasons including political reasons.  The American Redoubt is Christian and [[Jewish]] liberty-loving [[traditionalist]] politically migrating from militant [[progressive]] secular states.".. -- [[Blue states]] such as [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Hawaii]], [[Illinois]], [[Maryland]], [[Maine]], [[Michigan]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Vermont]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Washington DC]] and others.<ref>https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/01/28/the-american-redoubt-who-the-players-are accessed December 4, 2014</ref>

==Politics==

==Politics==

The leaders of the American Redoubt movement, including John Jacobs and Hugh Latimore, also sought to use the May 2016 primaries to gain more political positions in Idaho, but lost more of the positions than they won.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/news-from-the-american-redoubt-109/|title=News From The American Redoubt|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref> Since then, politics shifted to the national Presidential election. The promise of a Trump administration has dampened the appeal of a movement based on disengaging from American civil life and preparing for the dissolution of American society.

The leaders of the American Redoubt movement, including John Jacobs and Hugh Latimore, also sought to use the May 2016 primaries to gain more political positions in Idaho, but lost more of the positions than they won.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/news-from-the-american-redoubt-109/|title=News From The American Redoubt|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=July 18, 2016}}</ref> Since then, politics shifted to the national Presidential election. The promise of a Trump administration has dampened the appeal of a movement based on disengaging from American civil life and preparing for the dissolution of American society.

==American Redoubt Relocation==

==American Redoubt Relocation==

Because of its low [[population density]] and diverse [[economy]], Skousen,<ref>http://www.joelskousen.com/About/about.html</ref> [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Chuck Baldwin]] and [[Boston T. Party]],<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/retreatareas.html</ref> all recommend the [[Intermountain West]] (American Redoubt - [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Wyoming]], Eastern [[Oregon]], Eastern [[Washington]], northern [[Utah]]) region of the [[United States]], as a preferred region for relocation and setting up [[Retreat|survival retreats]].<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/redoubt.html The American Redoubt -- Move to the Mountain States</ref>  As time passes since their predictions of the imminent economic and social collapse of American, conservatives have increasingly discounted the need to relocate.

Because of its low [[population density]] and diverse [[economy]], Skousen,<ref>http://www.joelskousen.com/About/about.html</ref> [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Chuck Baldwin]] and [[Boston T. Party]],<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/retreatareas.html</ref> all recommend the [[Intermountain West]] (American Redoubt - [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Wyoming]], Eastern [[Oregon]], Eastern [[Washington]], northern [[Utah]]) region of the [[United States]], as a preferred region for relocation and setting up [[Retreat|survival retreats]].<ref>http://www.survivalblog.com/redoubt.html The American Redoubt -- Move to the Mountain States</ref>  As time passes since their predictions of the imminent economic and social collapse of American, conservatives have increasingly discounted the need to relocate.