In "The Generation" How are the same battles our founding fathers fought, being fought today

Many groups of people around the world feel they are ethnically unique and systematically discriminated against by an outside force or ethnic group within their own country. Naturally this group (who feels the country is theirs) wants complete autonomy. The result is a seemingly endless list of ethno-religious groups who demand independence. You can consider Palestine, various eastern European groups and even some people in French speaking Canada.