Resolved: That the 21st century's United States is no longer a functioning republic, but a dysfunctional Empire unable to respond to the needs and concerns of its own citizens, the health of our global commons, and the well-being of our shared planet.



Resolved: That 240 years ago this month (January 1777), the hearty inhabitants of the Green Mountains declared themselves to be the independent and sovereign republic of Vermont, free to govern their own affairs and determine their own destiny...

We the undersigned petitioners call upon the elected representatives of the Vermont state legislature to convene a special statewide REFERENDUM CONVENTION in the Montpelier, Vermont Statehouse to debate and then vote on this question:

"Shall the state of Vermont peacefully withdraw from the United States and declare itself an independent republic, as it was from 1777-1791?"