Possible Clues:

• Advocate of secession from a larger group
• The old man, deserter, is within month wanting secession
• One wishing to break away
• One advocating split from a larger organisation
• Article penned by performer at end of month as a dissenter
• Wanting independence, soldier gets to brood when put back in group
• Group embracing shifting apart is ...
• One advocating political autonomy
• For whom dismantling state is par?
• This type is set apart somehow