The Covenant
The Self-Determination Covenant
Self-determination is the oldest American idea: the right of a people to govern themselves, by their own consent, in peace. This is the standard every organization in the network holds to, and the standard required to be recognized in it.
We are organizations and individuals across many states who believe the people of a place are the right people to govern that place. We do not all want the same policies. We share the same principle: the right to decide for ourselves.
Our commitments
An organization that signs this Covenant commits to the following, without exception.
- 01
Peaceful and democratic means only.
We pursue self-determination through education, persuasion, organizing, and the lawful vote of the people.
- 02
No violence.
We do not advocate, threaten, plan, or excuse violence, intimidation, or unlawful force. Ever.
- 03
No supremacy, no hate.
We reject and exclude racial, ethnic, and religious supremacism in every form. Self-determination belongs to all the people of a place, equally.
- 04
Self-determination is the lane.
Our cause is the right of our state's people to govern themselves. We do not bolt a partisan policy agenda onto that right, and we do not require agreement on unrelated issues.
- 05
Honesty and good faith.
We represent our facts, our numbers, and our level of support honestly. We correct our mistakes.
- 06
Respect for the same right in others.
We support self-determination for every other people and state, including those who would choose differently than we would.
- 07
No foreign control.
We take no direction and no funding from any foreign government or hostile power.
Recognition
An organization that signs and upholds this Covenant may be recognized in the network, listed as a node, and may apply to the support programs. Recognition means the organization meets this standard. It is not an endorsement of every position the organization holds.
Standing and non-affiliation
The Texas Nationalist Movement is the founder and steward of this Covenant and the network. Signing does not make a signer part of TNM. TNM does not run, fund, or speak for any signer. No signer speaks for TNM. Each organization is independent and is responsible for itself.
Stewardship
TNM maintains this standard. TNM may, at its sole discretion, decline recognition, or suspend or remove any organization that breaks this Covenant or whose conduct would bring the cause into disrepute. The default state is no recognition until the standard is met.