separatist

How can you turn from being a unionist to a separatist?

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

She faces a reelection battle in October and is currently trailing in polls to the leader of a Quebec separatist party.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Other security challenges include separatist unrest in the south-east and deadly clashes over land between farmers and herders.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

For decades there have been clashes in Balochistan between Pakistani forces and insurgent separatist groups demanding greater autonomy.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

To win the Cherokees to their side, British authorities provided weaponry and money, while separatist representatives threatened the towns with complete destruction if they did not remain neutral.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

When a judge dealt another blow to separatists in May, Smith appealed the ruling and called the referendum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

While she is correct that the separatists who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 eschewed the pejorative term Puritan, she errantly suggests that they called themselves Pilgrims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

But an Alberta judge shut down the process, saying the citizens' initiative was invalid because the separatists had failed to consult with Indigenous groups whose rights could be threatened if the province separated from Canada.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Mali's authorities also said they had partnered with the armed forces in neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso to carry out air strikes against the jihadists and separatists.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Neutrality was the most the separatists could hope for, given their history of attacking the Cherokee.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz