I had a chance to speak with Ezra Levant from Sun TV about the Seasteading Institute’s initiative to construct libertarian islands in international waters. Now you can watch a documentary about the initiative. The description reads: By January 1st, 2030 will you be living in an independent country in the middle of the ocean? The [...]
Category Archives: Micronations
Video: Watch the new Seasteading Institute documentary
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 10, 2011 Comments Off
Volunteers in the media: Libertarian islands edition
Posted by Peter Jaworski on August 17, 2011 2 comments
At around 5:25 p.m. EST tonight, I will be on Ezra Levant’s The Source to talk about, what else?, libertarian islands! You can watch the show live beginning at 5 p.m. here (or tune in to Sun TV if you get it). Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal, has put over a million dollars into this [...]
Poll: Should Canada recognize Sealand as an independent country?
Posted by Peter Jaworski on October 31, 2010 5 comments
You can read about the Principality of Sealand here. You can also watch a little documentary on how to start your own country here. And here, you can vote on whether or not Canada should recognize the Principality of Sealand as an independent state: ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
Declaring independence: The Principality of Sealand
Posted by Peter Jaworski on October 31, 2010 2 comments
UPDATE: Vote in our poll (Should Canada recognize Sealand as an independent state?). The two most interesting micronations (or “unrecognized” states, as they are sometimes called) are the Principality of Hutt River in Australia and the Principality of Sealand. What makes them interesting is their long history, and their strange quasi-recognized status. What follows is [...]
How to start your own country, the documentary
Posted by Peter Jaworski on October 28, 2010 2 comments
The Volunteer is named after a newspaper put out by the rebel William Lyon Mackenzie after an unsuccessful attempt to start an independent country. In December of 1837, Mackenzie, along with 200 of his supporters, landed on Navy Island and declared it the Republic of Canada. That flag you see in the top right of [...]