Expansionist Party
of the United States

Subject Indexes

There are two multiple-entry indexes below, plus links to Expansionist Party internal information thereafter. The first index lists geographic and subject-matter areas addressed in their own page. The second index shows the many topics addressed in the "Letters from the Chairman" page. Please be patient while this page loads, since there are many graphics, which we hope make easier the task of identifying areas of interest.

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Index 1
Topics addressed in their own page on this site

See also Index 2, below, which may contain additions and clarifications on topics listed here, as well as other topics not (yet) given their own page.

Here is a quick alphabetical list of geographic areas described more fully below:

Afghanistan   Australia   Bhutan   Britain   Canada   Cuba   Guyana   India   Iraq   Ireland   Mideast   Mexico   Nepal   New Zealand   Pacific island territories   Pakistan   Panama   The Philippines   Puerto Rico   Quebec   Russia   South Africa   South Asia   Sri Lanka   Third World development   United Kingdom   United States   West Indies

Australia

"Australian-U.S. Union, a Personal View" by Bill Dekmetzian of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is our first presentation on the question of bringing Australia (and New Zealand) into the Union.

Britain

(1) "Private Action for British-U.S. Union" is our proposal that Britain and the U.S., which parted ways in the American Revolution, make a Grand Rapprochement between "Mother Country" and "Colonies", albeit as a federal union of equals, not an unequal and unfair relationship between imperial overlord and colonials.  We propose that Britain join the Union as several states, and that together we pursue a wider English-speaking union.

(2) "Whither Britain:  An American Suggestion" is an article that originally appeared in a British magazine (then, Supervisory Management, now Modern Management) in 1985 that addresses Britain's mixed feelings about closer integration with "Europe" — and our alternative.

(3) "One Plan for the Boundaries of Six British States: A British suggestion" shows a proposal by George J. Carty, a student from Durham, England, for fixing the boundaries of 6 U.S. States to be created from Great Britain, along with final boundaries for the counties that comprise those states. (Britain has reformed traditional county boundaries, some of which changes proved unpopular.) There are two maps, a small key map to show the overview and a large map that shows all the counties of Britain. Mr. Carty provides clarifying notes and asks readers' suggestions as to some usages. There is also a page for discussion of this proposal.

A Poll of British opinion on whether Britain should join NAFTA — or even join the Union — appears at our allied site, United States International, at its Britain and the British Diaspora page.

(See also Index 2, below.)

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Canada

(1) Private Action for Canadian-U.S. Union. This piece sets forth the Expansionist Party's basic program for the peaceful, voluntary, and democratic union of Canada into the United States, as up to seven States of the Union. It discusses how Canadian institutions would be integrated with their U.S. counterparts, how many States to create, what must change as against what need not change, etc. It then discusses ways in which private persons can promote this idea by individual and group action. This presentation of ways in which private persons can advance XP ideas is perhaps the most complete of such discussions on this site. Others, however, occur in the British Philippine, and Mexican "Private Action" pieces, tho tailored to those countries. (Note: We published the first version of this presentation in 1990. Tho some specific data from that time has changed, we believe that nothing has altered the basic validity of the arguments offered.)

(2) Welcoming Canada Home: A Treatise on the Peaceful Union of Canada with the United States. This colorful, illustrated page, created by Todd Sutherland of Mississauga, Ontario, sets forth an intriguing proposal:  that Congress extend U.S. citizenship to Canadians as a way to bring Canada peacefully into the Union over time. XP enthusiastically endorses this creative proposition, and suggests the same might usefully be done with the people of Ireland, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.      

(3) A Modest Proposal for Redrawing the Map of Canada as Seven States and One Territory of the United States. This page sets forth the thinking of Lionel Berry, a Canadian colleague from Oshawa, Ontario, on the boundaries that new states to be created from Canada should have. It is Mr. Berry's view that lines of economic and cultural force mandate different boundaries into the future from the lines drawn in creating Canada's provinces many years in the past. The one area he suggests remain a territory rather than become a state to itself or part of a larger state is Nunavut, the territory created by Canada to give Eskimos / Inuit self-government. XP responds to this part of Mr. Berry's program and discusses the terms "Eskimo" and "Inuit" in a related webpage.

See also "United North America — Amalgamation of Canada and the United States of America", and its links. The UNA site is not our own, but we recommend it to people interested in the topic of U.S.-Canadian union.

Another site of interest is Toronto-based "American Millennial Order" (AMO), which begins "We are world citizens who believe that nations should join the United States of America politically, economically, and ideologically in order to strengthen the American constitution and promote civil liberties throughout the world in this new millennium."

Another site of interest is the "Canada Annexed to USA Poll" of Canadian and American opinion on the idea of statehood for Canada. Whether you vote or not, you can see the results to date. There is also an area for comments from visitors.

A SET of Internet opinion polls appears at our allied site, United States International, at its Canada page. Two polls appear, one for Canadians only and one for Americans only. If you are Canadian or an American interested in Canada, you may want to take one of these polls and urge others to take them as well.

See, also, the notice in "What's New" of the formation of an organization to create Canada's Province of Ontario into the 51st State: Ontario USA.

(See also "Quebec" and Index 2, below.)

"Freedom for Elián González and for Cuba", a presentation that advocated (1/17/00) that the six-year-old refugee from Communist Cuba be given permanent residence here, and if Fidel keeps attacking us on this, we use his behavior as a casus belli, kill Fidel and his followers, and annex Cuba permanently to the United States as the only way to secure permanent individual liberty to the Cuban people. Tho poor Elián was returned to Communist Cuba by the Department of "Justice", in a disgraceful act of complicity with tyranny and aiding an enemy, we stand by our denunciations of Castro and hope the next Administration, no matter who heads it, will destroy Castroism.

(See also Index 2, below.)

A separate organization, Guyana USA, has two websites that advocate statehood for the English-speaking South American nation Guyana. We have long favored admission of Guyana to the Union, but as the eastern mainland anchor of a Caribbean-wide state spanning all the islands of the Caribbean to a western mainland anchor in Belize. Guyana USA is not part of XP, but we recommend its websites, as above and at http://community-2.webtv.net/delhibob/STATEHOODFORGUYANA/, to people interested in another Expansionist point of view.

The Indian Subcontinent and the United States: A Partnership In Waiting.  This presentation, about 12,000 words in length and profusely illustrated with the sights of South Asia, addresses problems that Subcontinent nations cannot solve alone, and suggests that the United States can provide the help, of many types, that will enable the region to emerge from its long travail into the modern era. Such help would not be one-sided charity but could powerfully advance U.S. interests in, among other things, preventing a catastrophic war with Communist China. Added 4/29/01.

Toward a Just Peace in the Middle East: Understanding Iraq.  XP regards U.S. policy vis-a-vis Arabs in general and Iraq in particular as entirely wrongheaded and unprincipled. We advocate reversal of present policy and reversion to our original hostility to radical Zionism. U.S. principles require us to promote instead ethnically and religiously tolerant pluralism and equal treatment under law in all of Palestine.

(See also Index 2, below.)

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Mexico

"Private Action for Mexican- U.S. Union", a piece that advocates that Mexico enter the Union as up to 10 States, illustrated with photos of Mexican sights and aspects of its vibrant culture. (Added 6/29/99) A Spanish-language version of this page also appears onsite. This was created largely by means of the computer translation program, Babelfish, from Alta Vista. We then tried to eliminate obvious errors, but what remains is a very approximate translation created by people whose first language is English.

Una versión española de esta página es también disponible. Creada por medio del programa traductora Babelfish del servicio Internet Alta Vista, esta versión es solamente aproximada. En caso de confusión, la versión inglesa es la definitiva. (8/15/01)

Pacific island areas

(Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Palau (Belau), Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands)

In "Equality Across the Pacific" we urge an immediate end to the colonial status of the United States' Pacific island territories (Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas) by merging them into a "Big Hawaii". We advocate as well that the other remnants of the former U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (than the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) be invited to create an even bigger Hawaii. Such annexations would give Hawaii greater power to protect the economic and cultural interests of all islanders.

(See also Index 2, below.)

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Panama

"Statehood for Panama". At 12:00 noon on December 31, 1999, Panama took over completely as owner and operator of the Panama Canal. If that makes some Americans feel uncomfortable about the future of a waterway vitally important to our prosperity and security, they should realize that the only way we can even hope properly to re-establish U.S. control over the Canal is by offering Panama statehood. This presentation discusses what statehood could mean for Panama and the United States. (Added 9/1/99)

There are six items in this area. (Another, which includes Internet public opinion polls, appears at an allied site. See below.) The first XP piece was written in 1985 but updated in late 1997; three written in 1984 and not updated (two were published in that form, the third was a speech given in that form); and the most recent addition, the Manifesto of USA Statehood, with an introduction by XP. We think the items from 1984 still have much to say, because, alas, not as much has changed in the Philippines in the intervening years as should have changed. Some Filipinos clearly agree, which is why they are now trying to revive the Philippine statehood movement.

1. What Ever Happened to Philippine Democracy?, May 2001 alarm about the perilous path the Philippines walks between mob rule and military dictatorship.
   
2. Manifesto of USA Statehood (based in Metro Manila), April 2001, an ally of the Expansionist Party in bringing the Philippines into the Union.
   
3. "Private Action for Philippine-U.S. Union" is XP's proposal that the Philippines revive its lost tie to the United States — not as a colony but as three States of the Union: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
   
4. Letter published by the California Examiner of Los Angeles on bringing the American Revolution to the Philippines and thus helping to revive, within the United States, the Founding Fathers' original vision for this country.
   
5. Letter published by the Filipino Reporter, New York, on undoing the United States' mistake in granting the Philippines independence and Filipinos' mistake in accepting it instead of statehood.
   
6. Text of a speech made by the Chairman to a Filipino-American organization in New York City about the Philippines, as an integral part of the Union, serving as an introduction to the problems of the Third World and a laboratory for creating workable solutions to those grievous problems.

These items show the Expansionist Party's long and consistent commitment to statehood for the Philippines and give context to our position that the U.S. should play a dynamic role in the modernization and transformation of the Third World.

A SET of Internet opinion polls appears at our allied site, United States International, on its Philippines page. Three polls appear, one for Philippines-based Filipinos only; one for Filipino-Americans only; and one for non-Filipino Americans only. If you are Filipino/a or an American interested in the Philippines, you may want to take one of these polls and urge others to take them as well.

(See also Index 2, below.)

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Puerto Rico

PUERTO RICO: Three Futures, One Unending Past, our presentation on statehood for Puerto Rico, which, in about 17,000 words, summarizes the history and culture of this largest of our colonies and discusses the alternative futures Puerto Ricans need to choose from. In time we will address other areas of the West Indies, which might decide it is in their interest to join together into a Caribbean-wide new state based on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Added 10/18/00)

A SET of Internet opinion polls appears at our allied site, United States International, at its Puerto Rico page. Three polls appear, one for Puerto Rico-resident Puerto Ricans only; one for U.S.-resident Puerto Ricans only; and one for non-Puerto Rican Americans only. If you like these polls, you may want to urge others to take them as well.

(See also Index 2, below.)

(1) "Winning the United States to Quebec Separatism" offers arguments that might persuade many Americans to side with Quebec in its quarrel with Canada.

(2) "Statehood for Quebec" is a presentation by the presently inactive, Montreal-based organization Parti 51 (in two somewhat different versions, French and English).  This page is illustrated with over two dozen photos, to give readers a "virtual tour" of some of the grand sights of "La Belle Province" (which we hope will someday become "Le Bel Etat").

See also the Canada page of our allied website United States International, on which appear two polls of Internet public opinion, one for Canadians only (which, for this purpose, includes Quebecers), and one for Americans only. If you like these polls, please urge friends with similar interests to take them as well.

(See also "Canada", above; Index 2, below.)

(1) "Russia and the United States: Partnership for Global Peace and Progress" is a profusely illustrated advocacy of much closer relations between the former Cold War adversaries. Its 37 color photographs of Moscow and Saint Petersburg make this site ideal for "virtual tourists", more than just political opinion leaders. It was selected "Site of the Day" for December 15, 1998 by the website RUSSIA TODAY (http://russiatoday.com).

(2) Letter to Russia (originally directed to then-President Mikhail Gorbachev of the then-Soviet Union, re peace in the Middle East, and preserving the Soviet Union as counterbalance to the United States.

(See also Index 2, below.)

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South Africa

"SOUTH AFRICA — The Fifty-First State: Proposal from a South African Magazine" originally printed in October 1977, with an update to 1999 and commentary by XP. We offer this intelligently conceived and argued, well-written article from a now-defunct magazine in part for what it has to say to today's South Africans and in part to demonstrate to Americans that there are indeed thoughtful people outside the United States who believe that extending our borders to encompass them would be a very good idea. (Added June 1, 1999)

"LINGUISTIC DECOLONIZATION: English as the Language of Liberation". This page suggests that former colonies should renounce the languages of their erstwhile overlords (most pointedly French and Portuguese) other than English (which is more a New World, anti-colonial language than an Old World, colonial language), to break with the past and pursue modernization and democratization — both political and social. We discuss how governments, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), and private persons in English-speaking countries can help Third World countries come into the modern age, accéss the vast store of knowledge available in English but in no other language, and participate in the great 'democratic conversation' that has taken place in English over the past two centuries and that continues to address urgent issues of personal freedom in balance with the interests of society.

Ballot Reform: Put "None of the Above" on the Ballot, part of the presentation "Problems in American Democracy — and some solutions.) The two major parties saddle us every election with candidates we don't want, because we have no way to say "Hell, no!" to all of them. There is a way, and we propose it here.

Big Government: Cut Government Down to Size, part of the presentation "Problems in American Democracy — and some solutions.) The Federal Government is doing things it was never intended to do. Powers it now usurps should be returned to the states and/or the people, along with the resources to handle local responsibilities locally.

Black issues: "Harlem, Inc." / "Black America, Inc." — socially conscious black capitalism for black advancement. Self-help is the best help.

Court Reform: Rein in the Supreme Court, part of the presentation "Problems in American Democracy — and some solutions. This page speaks to the excessive power of courts, and especially of unelected judges, over national life, and advocates a constitutional amendment to provide a means by which Congress, with or without the President, can overrule the Supreme Court whenever it abuses its powers.

Flood and Drought Control: An 'Interstate Highway System' for Water. Every year without fail some part of the United States is flooded, while another is wracked by drought. Why not create a network of canals, pipelines, and other waterways to move water from where there's too much to where there's too little, and thus save human and animal lives now lost to floods, thirst, and fire? Tho the cost to create such a network would be enormous, so too would be the savings, in cash and misery, from devastation not suffered.

Honoring Our History:

 A "Virtual National Expansion Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame". This area pays tribute to the people who played major roles in enlarging the United States, as laid the indispensable foundation for our security, prosperity, and superpower status today. A companion page vilifies the people who fought these great men at every step and who, if they had had their way, would have kept us east of the Mississippi, south of Canada, and north of the Floridas. Would such a mini-U.S. have been able to save the world — or even Americans — from Fascism and Communism? We don't think so. The Hall of Fame site also announces three essay contests, for nominations to the Hall of Fame, Hall of Shame, and "Expansionist of the Year". (This page, added April 13, 1999, will be added to periodically.)

Immigration: "Isolationism and Immigration" (cautions on both). (See also "Immigration and immigrants" in Index 2, below.) The U.S. really is a nation of immigrants, and newcomers continue to bring us "new blood", new ideas, new cultural infusions of value. But unless they integrate into our culture, they threaten to change the Nation in ways we don't want it to change. Let's find the right balance.

General Principles: Where We Stand: A Brief Summary of Principles on many different matters, from progressive taxation and gay rights (for) to abortion on demand (against) to AIDS (it's not what the Government says it is). Here you will find very short summaries of our stands on many issues not (yet) given their own extended presentation.

Chairman Schoonmaker's principles and program as a write-in candidate for President of the United States in the November 2000 race are detailed at the related website "Schoonmaker 2000". This addresses a number of major concerns, such as tendencies to plutocracy, uneven distribution of wealth, and crushing personal debt in the United States, feminism gone awry; horrendously misguided policy in the Middle East; worldwide population control by means other than abortion; free speech under threat; and keeping U.S. military might out of foreign conflicts except to defend U.S. principles and extend the U.S. realm by annexing any enemy that dares to attack us.

Reforms: "Problems in American Democracy — and some solutions" addresses several areas of domestic political organization that need to be changed to get back to the original intent of the Founding Fathers. We have wandered far indeed from the forms and basic understandings that made us a success, and need to get back to the truly revolutionary system outlined in the seminal period 1776-1789, while adjusting to modern realities that the Framers of the Constitution could not have anticipated.

West Indies

 Cuba: See "Freedom for Elian Gonzalez and for Cuba", described above.

Puerto Rico:  See PUERTO RICO: Three Futures, One Unending Past, described above.

Guyana:  See the separate websites of Guyana USA, described above

Index 2
Topics addressed in the "Letters to the Chairman" page

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"Letters from the Chairman" comprises 181 letters on dozens of geographic areas and subject-matter topics, with over 115 separate illustrations. The letters clarify XP's stand on issues raised by members and outsiders, and address matters not addressed elsewhere on this site, often in striking, even eloquent language. There are over 40 letters on Canada, and a dozen on Puerto Rico. Topics not addressed in their own page, as indexed above, include Kosovo, India, Haiti, "global warming", "hate speech", American Indians, Hawaiian separatism, Central America, and our national credo. We also make clarifications and additional points about topics that have been addressed (such as Iraq, Zionism, the Philippines, Britain, and immigration). An extensive index of geographic areas and subject-matter topics addressed appears immediately after the intro to that page and is reproduced below. Browse at random, use that index to go directly to the topics that most interest you, or, if the index does not include your areas of special interest, use the "Find" feature in your browser for keywords.

This very large file, comprising 100,000 words and over 115 different illustrations, takes a little while to load (text first, then illustrations), so a link directly from this index to a given letter will not work. All hyperlinks in the index below therefore take you to the top of the "Chairman" page. Give the file time to finish loading (a minute or two); then click on "Index" (which your cursor should be near) and you will be taken to a replica of the table below, except that there will be clickable hyperlinks to the letters listed in the rightmost column that will take you to the particular discussion you seek.

REGION / TOPIC		LETTER NO.
I. Geographic Region
Alaska and Alaskan separatism		9, 44, 55, 83-84 (main mentions), 88, 94, 109
Brazil		55, 57, 64, 101 (main mention), 128, 130 (twice), 140
Britain / United Kingdom		3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 31A, 35, 45F, 53, 65, 67, 68, 70, 74, 75, 79, 82, 83, 98, 108, 109, 110C, 112 (main), 114-123, 128, 133, 135, 141, 148, 153, 158, 172
British Columbia and the U.S.		44
Cajuns (Louisiana) and Quebec		46-47
Canada (and Quebec)	&	1-44 (main discussion), 50, 82, 83, 89, 93, 96, 108, 109, 115, 117 (twice), 119, 121, 128, 131, 141, 149, 152, 153, 167, 172, 179
Cuba		50, 99 (main mention), 129
Haiti (and Quebec)	&	45A-H
Haiti (and the United States)	&	3, 48, 50, 122, 172
Hawaii / Hawaiian separatism	&	2, 3, 9, 11, 88, 91, 92 & 109 (separatism), 157
Honduras — and Central America more generally (a discussion in part spurred by the devastation caused by hurricane Mitch)		51-54, 100
India		11, 36, 49, 58-64 (main mention), 74, 76, 83, 110A&B, 121, 140, 149, 155
Iraq		70-80, 103, 121, 152
Ireland / Northern Ireland		11, 13, 102, 109, 117, 119, 121, 140, 148
Kosovo		72, 102-109, 153
Kurdistan / Kurds		72-74, 76B, 77, 78, 103, 104
Philippines / Filipinos		9, 49, 59, 88, 11 (main), 149, 155B, 172
Puerto Rico		2, 5, 9, 11, 45D&E, 84-91 (main discussion), 109, 119, 172
Quebec		2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 13-19, 21-31, 33-35, 38, 42, 44-47
Russia		59, 72, 78, 79, 83, 110, 121, 128, 138, 152B&C, 153-155 (main)
Rwanda		6, 7, 78, 135, 152A&E
United Kingdom / Britain		(See entries under "Britain", above.)
II. (Nongeographic) Topic
Abortion		88, 162-171 (main discussion)
AIDS		55-56, 142-144 (main discussion), 146
"Anti-Americanism"		39, 98 (at the end), 128-130, 153
American Indians / Amerinds / "Native Americans"		9-12, 20, 46, 47, 55, 79, 93-98 (main discussion), 119, 120, 128, 130, 149, 152D (illus.)
Blacks / "African-Americans"		7, 9, 10, 20, 44, 49, 50, 55, 64-69 (main discussion), 107, 119, 142, 149A, 179, 181
Capital punishment / Death penalty		115B (main discussion), 146, 162, 163
Chinese vs. English		124
Drugs		9, 48, 51, 52, 55, 56, 64, 142-144, 146, 163
Fighting the good fight		137
"Global warming" and the "Gaia" theory		57
Gun control		7, 147
"Hate speech" and free speech	/	141, 152A-F
Immigration and immigrants		7, 9, 15, 19-20, 30-31, 35C, 36, 48, 49 (main discussion), 50, 71, 79, 88, 94, 115, 149
Impeachment wrangling		127
Imperialism vs. Expansionism		55-56, 74-75, 79, 90, 108, 119, 131-135 (main discussion)
Islamism		70, 71, 79, 81 (main discussion)
Moral confusion		145
National Credo		181
New media, new voices		149
Political correctness		15, 141 (main discussion), 152,
Third World		40, 49, 57C, 76, 79, 80, 98, 111, 115, 128, 130, 136, 149B, 155
Zionism		70, 74, 76, 79, 81, 82 (main discussion), 103

 Expansionist Party internal info

Membership: For people curious about what XP membership entails, we have created (1) a short page of general information about the nature of Party membership, dues, etc., and (2) a membership application in printable form.

Staff:  XP has no paid staff but is a small, international organization that relies wholly upon volunteers. For more information about the Chairman, see his personal homepage at http://members.aol.com/Schoonmakr. We also have a Chairman's Advisory Council of members the Chairman especially relies upon for advice and assistance.

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[Animated XP logo contributed by Todd G. Sutherland of Mississauga, Ontario]

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