Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty

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‘Complex identities’ of Northern Ireland being undermined, says ex-official

The Observer 02 May 2021

Ciaran Martin, who created the framework for Scotland’s 2014 independence poll as the Cabinet Office’s constitution director, said the “complex identities” of Northern Ireland faced being undermined by post-Brexit attempts to “redesign” the British state based on “a narrow 17th-century notion of English sovereignty”.

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Israel Elections: Right has 80 Knesset seats - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 11 Feb 2021

In the years they were in power, the leaders of the right-wing parties brought about a series of steps welcomed by their members as part of the pursuit of sovereignty, identity and tradition ... in terms of legislation and to strengthen Israel’s Jewish tradition and identity.

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From the NS Archive: The Referendum Choice

New Statesman 16 Dec 2020

If I ever had any doubts about actually voting, they are cured by the way that Shore, Foot and Powell go on about the loss of sovereignty ... Culturally I find more sense in a West European identity than in the dominant English versions of sovereignty and tradition.

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Tom Turnipseed: Race Treason and the Promise of Left Populism

CounterPunch 16 Mar 2020

But it is also the tradition of radical democracy that produced alliances between black and white ... These are distinct traditions, but in a country where popular sovereignty and white supremacy have both been central to American national identity, lines between them can blur.

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CAB 2019: The Insidious Chapter in the Constitutional History of Free India

Assam Times 13 Dec 2019

Further, the minority and the tribal groups living in Meghalaya have been self-determinant towards their ethnic and clan identity ... Nagaland is the state of Naga people who have been struggling for their ethnic identity and sovereignty is also coming under the threat from illegal Bagladeshi immigrants (IBI).

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111 archers compete in an international archery tournament

Kuensel 13 Nov 2019

Former Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji said the tournament intends to showcase Bhutan’s national sport of archery as a part of Bhutan’s cultural identity and symbol of sovereignty, to enable Bhutanese archers to get exposure to various styles of traditional archery played by other countries and for interaction between the participating archers.

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Europe’s Virtues Will Be Its Undoing

Quillette 15 Sep 2019

A nation, he argues, is founded less on a shared lived tradition than on a set of indisputable values ... rehabilitate sovereignty without harnessing it to a rhetoric of identity ... Peoples have strong memories, solid traditions, and they are rising up against Europe in the name of their flouted sovereignty.

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San Fernando disposes old, worn out Philippine flags

Sun Star 02 Sep 2019

... way of passing to them the proper holding of the tradition. "Our Philippine flag has been giving us the proper identity and is the symbol of our unity and sovereignty and so it must receive the respect due to it from its raising to its retreat and to its disposal," Santiago said.

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Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings: resources not just for teachers

West River Eagle 21 Aug 2019

Lands and Environment, Identity and Resiliency, Culture and Language, Kinship and Harmony, Oral Tradition and Story, Sovereignty and Treaties, and Ways of Life and Development ... “Describe traditional and contemporary Oceti Sakowin perspectives on communal stewardship of land and.

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Competing Papuan identities

Inside Indonesia 07 Aug 2019

Article 2 of the law stipulates that West Papua may have regional symbols to demonstrate its cultural identity in the form of a flag and traditional hymns, but that they shall not be positioned as symbols of sovereignty.

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NC members call for increasing Cultural Heritage Trust Fund

Kuensel 24 Jun 2019

Citing an example of her dzongkhag, she said there was a tradition of celebrating Kharphuu (local festival) in the gewogs of Tsamang, Gongdu, Silambi, Chhali and Tsakaling ... The government has allocated Nu 2,025M in fiscal year 2019-20 for preservation of traditional and cultural heritage and to continue reinforcement of identity and sovereignty.

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His Majesty The King’s Address at the 14th RUB Convocation

Kuensel 25 May 2019

... immense value on the preservation and promotion of traditional culture and values. For a small landlocked country, located between two large countries, our culture and traditions have provided the basis for our national identity and thus bolstered our security and sovereignty.

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US sending diplomats to speak at migration summit -- in hardline Hungary

CNN 21 Mar 2019

Trump says it's time for US to recognize 'Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights' ... Read More ... For example one of the partner groups, the Center for Fundamental Rights, which is based in Hungary, notes that it "considers preserving national identity, sovereignty and Christian social traditions as its mission." ... .

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Why Liberals Should be Conservative: Climate Change, Excellence, and the Practice of Happiness, Part 2

Resilience 04 Feb 2019

Among the shared beliefs and values of Liberals across the continuum, I include the sovereignty of the individual whose identity is (supposed to be) self-styled, unencumbered by revealed religion, tradition, or kinship ... In addition to its implicit Aristotelianism, deep sustainability has significant roots in this counter-tradition.