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American Redoubt

2016-12-26T15:56:55Z

Rawles: Clarification

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 movement was launched when Rawles started advocating that libertarians relocate to the area on his SurvivalBlog. Rawles and his followers do not track how many people have actually moved into the area 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 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>

==Politics==
The American Redoubt movement differs from the [[Free State Project]] (FSP) where the FSP seeks to have a threshold number of libertarian political activists move into a single state to gain a significant amount of political power in that state. In contrast, the American Redoubt movement intentionally has no organized leadership, has targeted a zone that is divided between several states and has no objective way to measure its political influence in the target zone. The FSP had its supporters sign a pledge to relocate within a specified time period, while there is no specific time table for the American Redoubt. As a result, although the American Redoubt has experienced a net increase in population, it was unclear what fraction of those relocating were aligned with the American Redoubt movement.

The American Redoubt movement is not a political party or movement. It has never fielded or endorsed political candidates. Some Individual Redoubters sought to use the May 2016 primaries to gain more political positions in Idaho, but they reportedly 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>

==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>

== See also ==
* [[Free State Project]] - libertarian relocation to New Hampshire
* [[Jefferson State]]
* [[Survivalist retreat]]
* [[Nuclear target structures]]
* [[Free State Wyoming]] - ''[[Molon Labe!]]'' by [[Boston T. Party]]
* ''[[Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places]]'' by [[Joel Skousen]]
* ''[[Rawles on Retreats and Relocation]]'' by [[James Wesley Rawles]]
* [[Cumberland Redoubt]] - [[Tennessee]] and [[Kentucky]] Redoubt in the [[Cumberland gap]] area. Term coined by [[M.D. Creekmore]] and Joel Skousen
* [[Mel Tappan]] - "Grandfather of the the Movement"
* [[Alex Jones]] - regularly interview both James Wesley Rawles and [[Joel Skousen]] about the relocation movement
* [[Ragnar Benson]] - prolific [[Idaho]] survivalist author

== External links ==
* [http://www.survivalblog.com/redoubt.html The American Redoubt -- Move to the Mountain States]
* Rawles, James Wesley, "[http://survivalblog.com/gun_laws_as_a_criteria_for_cho/ Gun Laws as a Criteria for Choosing Your Retreat Locale]". Idaho, American Redoubt: [[The Survival Blog]], No publication date listed.
* [http://www.survivalblog.com/retreatareas.html Survivalist Retreat Areas] at [[The Survival Blog]]
* [http://survivalrealty.com SurvivalRealty.com]
* [https://charlescarrollsociety.com/about CharlesCarrollSociety.com] - The [[Charles Carroll Society]]
* [http://www.radiofreeredoubt.com RadioFreeRedoubt.com] [[Radio Free Redoubt]]
* [http://www.survivalretreatconsulting.com SurvivalRetreatConsulting.com]
* [http://www.americanredoubtrealty.com AmericanRedoubtRealty.com]

==References==
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==Bibliography - Further Reading==
* [[Joel Skousen|Skousen, Joel]], ''Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places'', 3rd Edition Perfect Paperback, 2011, ISBN 1568612621, ISBN 978-1568612621

* Rawles, James Wesley. ''[[Rawles on Retreats and Relocation]]''. 1st. Clearwater, Idaho: The Clearwater Press, 2007. Print.

* [[Boston T. Party|Party, Boston T.]], ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]''. [[Wyoming]]: [[Javelin Press]], 2009 revision to 2002 edition, 848 pages, ISBN 1888766069, ISBN 978-1888766066. Contains a several chapters dedicated to [[Gun rights]] and the Second Amendment and the ranking of states in term of gun rights.

* Party, Boston T., ''[[Molon Labe!]]''. Wyoming: [[Javelin Press]], 30 January 2004, 454 pp (first edition, paperback), ISBN 1-888766-07-7 - Conservative [[Christian]] [[Libertarian]] [[dystopian]] fiction novel entirely based around the issue of [[States' rights]] and the [[Tenth Amendment]]'s connection with the [[Second Amendment]] right to [[firearms|armed]] [[citizen]] defense against federal [[tyranny]]. Contains plot that is tied to Wyoming and Idaho and issues of [[constitutional carry]], [[concealed carry]] and [[open carry]]. Inspiring book for the [[Free States Project]].

[[Category:American Redoubt]]
[[Category:Idaho]]
[[Category:Montana]]
[[Category:Wyoming]]
[[Category:Oregon]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:Survivalism]]

American Redoubt

2016-12-26T15:53:39Z

Rawles: Clarifying

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 movement was launched when Rawles started advocating that libertarians relocate to the area on his SurvivalBlog. Rawles and his followers do not track how many people have actually moved into the area 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 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>

==Politics==
The American Redoubt movement differs from the [[Free State Project]] (FSP) where the FSP seeks to have a threshold number of libertarian political activists move into a single state to gain a significant amount of political power in that state. In contrast, the American Redoubt movement intentionally has no organized leadership, has targeted a zone that is divided between several states and has no objective way to measure its political influence in the target zone. The FSP had its supporters sign a pledge to relocate within a specified time period, while there is no specific time table for the American Redoubt. As a result, although the American Redoubt has experienced a net increase in population, it was unclear what fraction of those relocating were aligned with the American Redoubt movement.

Individual Redoubters 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>

==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>

== See also ==
* [[Free State Project]] - libertarian relocation to New Hampshire
* [[Jefferson State]]
* [[Survivalist retreat]]
* [[Nuclear target structures]]
* [[Free State Wyoming]] - ''[[Molon Labe!]]'' by [[Boston T. Party]]
* ''[[Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places]]'' by [[Joel Skousen]]
* ''[[Rawles on Retreats and Relocation]]'' by [[James Wesley Rawles]]
* [[Cumberland Redoubt]] - [[Tennessee]] and [[Kentucky]] Redoubt in the [[Cumberland gap]] area. Term coined by [[M.D. Creekmore]] and Joel Skousen
* [[Mel Tappan]] - "Grandfather of the the Movement"
* [[Alex Jones]] - regularly interview both James Wesley Rawles and [[Joel Skousen]] about the relocation movement
* [[Ragnar Benson]] - prolific [[Idaho]] survivalist author

== External links ==
* [http://www.survivalblog.com/redoubt.html The American Redoubt -- Move to the Mountain States]
* Rawles, James Wesley, "[http://survivalblog.com/gun_laws_as_a_criteria_for_cho/ Gun Laws as a Criteria for Choosing Your Retreat Locale]". Idaho, American Redoubt: [[The Survival Blog]], No publication date listed.
* [http://www.survivalblog.com/retreatareas.html Survivalist Retreat Areas] at [[The Survival Blog]]
* [http://survivalrealty.com SurvivalRealty.com]
* [https://charlescarrollsociety.com/about CharlesCarrollSociety.com] - The [[Charles Carroll Society]]
* [http://www.radiofreeredoubt.com RadioFreeRedoubt.com] [[Radio Free Redoubt]]
* [http://www.survivalretreatconsulting.com SurvivalRetreatConsulting.com]
* [http://www.americanredoubtrealty.com AmericanRedoubtRealty.com]

==References==
<references/>

==Bibliography - Further Reading==
* [[Joel Skousen|Skousen, Joel]], ''Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places'', 3rd Edition Perfect Paperback, 2011, ISBN 1568612621, ISBN 978-1568612621

* Rawles, James Wesley. ''[[Rawles on Retreats and Relocation]]''. 1st. Clearwater, Idaho: The Clearwater Press, 2007. Print.

* [[Boston T. Party|Party, Boston T.]], ''[[Boston's Gun Bible]]''. [[Wyoming]]: [[Javelin Press]], 2009 revision to 2002 edition, 848 pages, ISBN 1888766069, ISBN 978-1888766066. Contains a several chapters dedicated to [[Gun rights]] and the Second Amendment and the ranking of states in term of gun rights.

* Party, Boston T., ''[[Molon Labe!]]''. Wyoming: [[Javelin Press]], 30 January 2004, 454 pp (first edition, paperback), ISBN 1-888766-07-7 - Conservative [[Christian]] [[Libertarian]] [[dystopian]] fiction novel entirely based around the issue of [[States' rights]] and the [[Tenth Amendment]]'s connection with the [[Second Amendment]] right to [[firearms|armed]] [[citizen]] defense against federal [[tyranny]]. Contains plot that is tied to Wyoming and Idaho and issues of [[constitutional carry]], [[concealed carry]] and [[open carry]]. Inspiring book for the [[Free States Project]].

[[Category:American Redoubt]]
[[Category:Idaho]]
[[Category:Montana]]
[[Category:Wyoming]]
[[Category:Oregon]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:Survivalism]]