{"id":10478,"date":"2020-10-03T01:29:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T01:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=10478"},"modified":"2021-04-15T23:40:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T23:40:36","slug":"robert-stark-interviews-shankar-singam-about-california-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=10478","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews Shankar Singam about California Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shankar-Singam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10479 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shankar-Singam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shankar-Singam.jpg 264w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shankar-Singam-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark talks to Shankar Singam about the California independence movement. Shankar is executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentca.org\/\">Independent California<\/a> and is also an author, graphic artist, and musician.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<\/p>\n<p>How Shankar started identifying as a Californian rather than American, and how that&#8217;s the first step to independence<br \/>\nWhy Independence?<br \/>\nThe Calexit movement groups including Shankar&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentca.org\/\">Independent California<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yes_California\">Yes California<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Freedom_Coalition\">California Freedom Coalition<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_National_Party\">California National Party<\/a><br \/>\nHow the United States is stunting California&#8217;s growth, including loss of tax revenue<br \/>\nShankar&#8217;s upcoming petition, proposing a commission on the potential economic benefits to independence<br \/>\nThe legal and constitutional process to independence<br \/>\nHow the Calexit movement is much more than a reaction to Trump<br \/>\nThe ineptitude of the Democratic establishment, both nationally and in California<br \/>\nAlternative political models including a multi-party parliamentary system and local autonomy<br \/>\nEconomic policies including public banking<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2aTVzscUZ1E\">Shankar&#8217;s appearance on Tucker Carlson<\/a> and the context of his comment on the middle class exodus<br \/>\nShankar&#8217;s rebuttal to California&#8217;s detractors (ex. worst income inequality)<br \/>\nForeign models for California to emulate (Canada, Australia, UK, France, and Singapore)<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10478-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shankar-Singam.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shankar-Singam.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shankar-Singam.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shankar-Singam.mp3\">Click Here<\/a>\u00a0to download!<\/p>\n<p>Checkout Robert Stark\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\">Facebook page<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Starktruthradio\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robertstarkart77\/\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0alUlSiilKhbtvty3Rjn3g\">Stark Truth TV<\/a><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark talks to Shankar Singam about the California independence movement. Shankar is executive director of Independent California and is also an author, graphic artist, and musician. Topics: How Shankar started identifying as a Californian rather than American, and how that&rsquo;s the first step to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=10478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Stark interviews Shankar Singam about California Independence<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[500,1221,6,156,459,484,12,3,332,619,1257,1233,638,1222,67,222,223,247,393,622,29,230,1293,701,908,605,704,1321,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bernie-sanders","category-calexit","category-california","category-corporations","category-culture","category-donald-trump","category-economics","category-immigration","category-income-inequality","category-independent-political-candidates","category-joe-biden","category-kamala-harris","category-localism","category-marcus-ruiz-evans","category-oligarchy","category-police","category-police-corruption","category-police-state","category-political-parties","category-politics","category-public-banking","category-secessionism","category-shankar-singam","category-silicon-valley","category-singapore","category-socialism","category-taxation","category-tucker-carlson","category-wealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10478"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10488,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478\/revisions\/10488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}