We will Free Louisiana from DC
– Free Louisiana works for Louisiana to peacefully lead middle America to independence –
Join Free Louisiana as we educate Louisianans on the desirability and constitutionality of peacefully negotiating independence.
Louisiana should be self-governing
Most federal politicians have East & West Coast priorities and values. Since July 2024, Free Louisiana has organized Louisianans to encourage our state government to peacefully lead middle America out of the Union, so that we can have government that protects us, our livelihoods, and Louisiana values. We saw during Katrina that Washington DC doesn’t care about Louisiana. DC doesn’t protect us from immigration and criminals and other problems.
A top-rated pollster found that, already, half of Louisianans want Louisiana’s government to lead middle American states to peacefully withdraw their membership in the Union, to create a better federation that can respect Louisiana’s values, recognize our rights, and allow Louisiana to become the most prosperous state in the world again.
Independence Movements Win
Since 1945, over 100 countries have gained independence through various movements.
Follow these simple Steps. We’ll guide you every step of the way
Gather Together
Its time to gather together into Parish Teams with locals who put Louisiana first – the best people in your parish. Join your Parish Team today to get involved.
Work in your Parish
Parish Teams influence their state legislators. They ask their parish government to declare its support for Louisiana independence. They might work to get a question onto their parish or town ballot via petition or by influencing their parish government leaders. The question is: Should Louisiana peacefully become an independent country along with other states of middle America?
Campaign to Victory
If we get a question onto a parish or town ballot, we Campaign to Victory by pushing “YES” for Independence. Our campaigns depend on passionate donors to fund mailings and ads.
The Action Plan
The federal government is gradually making it obvious that it is bad for Louisiana. Our ultimate goal is to shape the state’s political environment, so that when it is obvious to enough citizens and political donors, then our state legislators and governor will choose to set an independence date and begin negotiations with other mid-american states and with the federal government. This will probably be preceded by a statewide referendum on the issue. Already, only 33% of Louisianans oppose, and 46% support, holding a referendum on this issue.
Join us to shape the political environment by gaining media attention, so that we can educate Louisianans on the desirability, constitutionality and peacefulness of gaining independence.
One way we can gain media attention is by success at the parish level. We are just starting out now, so we are researching the ordinances in each parish to find out how to force ballot questions about Louisiana independence onto parish or municipal ballots. If you can gather signatures in your parish, contact us! We need donations to cover the costs of mailers and advertising for these campaigns. You can also ask your parish government to issue a parish declaration in favor of Louisiana independence.
We will ask you to contact your legislators about Louisiana independence, and about certain bills that prepare the ground for independence. We will identify supporters and opponents in the state legislature and issue a voter’s guide for the 2025 election.
Subscribe to our email list and follow our social media to stay connected – we won’t email you too often. Volunteer so that we can get to know you – our president, Larkin Jackson, will contact you to discuss how you can be a part of Free Louisiana.
Louisianans are the people who remain after the storm. Let’s show the world what Louisiana can do!
Independence can be peaceful
Since 1945, 87% of secessions around the world have been peaceful (out of 134 secessions), according to an analysis by Dr. Ryan Griffiths (Age of Secession, pg. 48). Only 7% of Americans think the federal government should attack a seceding state, according to a 2022 poll. Here’s why it won’t. By the way, the number of Louisiana gun owners outnumbers all federal infantry by thirty to one, so it’s unlikely that the federal government would consider the cost of armed occupation (and the disruptions to its economy caused by civil war) to be worth the benefit in modern times. Free Louisiana shall work to affect history only by peaceful means.
Jim Crow is in Louisiana’s past, not its future
Louisiana polls show that support for discrimination ended long ago. An independent Louisiana would ensure that every race is treated equally.
The Free Louisiana movement envisions a Republic of Louisiana for every citizen of Louisiana: Republicans and Democrats of all races and beliefs.
Independence is constitutional
The US Constitution’s list of things that states may not do does not include secession. And the Tenth Amendment (in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights) says any powers that states didn’t delegate to the federal government are retained by the states, or by the people. So the states still have the right to withdraw from the Union that they joined. Learn more here.
Independence is an American tradition
The Founding Fathers were British subjects who seceded from Great Britain by signing the Declaration of Independence, after their government stopped recognizing their rights – rights recognized by Great Britain’s constitution. The Vice-President of Free Louisiana, Hy McEnery, former Army Special Forces, swore an oath to the US Constitution, not to the number of states in the Union. He helped found Free Louisiana because he saw the same thing happening to Louisiana today – a distant government refusing to be limited by the Constitution.
The Louisiana Declaration of Rights is Article 1 of the Louisiana Constitution. It says “§1 All government, of right, originates with the people, is founded on their will alone… §26 The people of this state have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free and sovereign state.”
Louisiana’s history of independence is described here.
Louisiana doesn’t need DC!
The economy of a federation of mid-american states would be the third-biggest economy in the world. If, in the future, Louisiana announces an independence date, and some other states follow our lead, then there will be few mid-american states who will want to remain behind in a country that has even less influence from middle America.
Or if Louisiana chooses, Louisiana could become completely independent of other states, and just rely on treaties with other mid-american states for mutual defense and trade. Louisiana is more populous than 69 of the 193 nations of the United Nations.
If Louisiana were independent, tariffs collected at Louisiana’s ports would no longer go to Washington DC.
We would get the royalties from leasing Louisiana’s offshore waters for oil drilling, not Washington DC. And Louisiana could vastly increase the amount of offshore leasing to help Louisiana’s oil & gas employment, since the federal government has been very restrictive.
The US also restricts Louisiana’s shrimp industry. And the US uses its size to pressure foreign countries to keep the oil price low, which hurts Louisiana’s oil workers and Louisiana’s tax collection.
Long ago, New Orleans was one of the wealthiest cities in the world. When Louisiana regains her sovereignty, she can create a wealthy society that honors God by the righteousness of her laws.
Click here to see WHY Louisiana must be Free of DC!
Louisiana can be ours, not DC’s…
Do you believe that Louisiana should be self-governing? Stand with us! By becoming a member of Free Louisiana, you join a community of determined citizens who are actively shaping the future of our state.