The words in that document had more lasting power than the hundreds of bombs that had been the FLQ calling card since 1963, says Jean-Philippe Warren, research chair for the study of Quebec at ...

The broadcast of the FLQ manifesto is no exception. Listed among the seven demands for Cross’s release, the manifesto was read on French CBC on Oct. 8 by announcer Gaétan Montreuil. The ...

Revolution in 1960s Quebec. The FLQ (Le Front de libération du Québec) was created in response to the profound economic and social inequities suffered by the francophone majority in Quebec ...

The FLQ had demanded safe passage in exchange for Mr. Cross’s release. The Canadian embassy suspected that Communist Cuba had been sympathetic to Quebec separatism “for ideological reasons ...

And it venerates Rose, who died in 2013, as a tragic hero, almost saintly. In short, it’s pro-FLQ propaganda. This should not surprise any moviegoer who had seen the advance media coverage of ...

Canadian soldiers guard the streets of Montreal after the War Measures Act was invoked on Oct. 15, 1970. ((Canadian Press/Montreal Star)) Almost 40 years after the October Crisis of 1970, a pair ...

His home is a national historic site. The major difference between the FLQ manifesto and those of Riel and Papineau is that the latter are so far in the past that they are little more than dusty facts ...

TRUDEAU AND THE FLQ written and directed by Michael Hollingsworth (VideoCabaret). At Young Centre for the Performing Arts (50 Tank House). To May 10. $25-$55. 416-866-8666. See listings.