The FLQ Manifesto

Location

CSU 284

Start Date

24-4-2006 3:15 PM

End Date

24-4-2006 5:00 PM

Student's Major

History

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Larry L. Witherell

Mentor's Department

History

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

In 1963 the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ) was formed as a violent revolutionary movement made up of volunteers to fight for the liberation of Quebec. In 1970 the FLQ kidnapped British diplomat James Cross and Quebec politician Pierre Laporte in order to gain the release of all FLQ political prisoners in Quebec, and to push for Quebec's independence. The FLQ did not obtain the release of any political prisoners, but their manifesto of grievances against the Canadian government was read on national television. This paper established that the manifesto advanced popular support for sovereignty for Quebec among French Canadians, and eventually lead to the referendum for independence in 1980. This paper used Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and New York newspapers, political memoirs and autobiographies, parliamentary debates, biographies, and other secondary sources.

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The FLQ Manifesto

CSU 284

In 1963 the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ) was formed as a violent revolutionary movement made up of volunteers to fight for the liberation of Quebec. In 1970 the FLQ kidnapped British diplomat James Cross and Quebec politician Pierre Laporte in order to gain the release of all FLQ political prisoners in Quebec, and to push for Quebec's independence. The FLQ did not obtain the release of any political prisoners, but their manifesto of grievances against the Canadian government was read on national television. This paper established that the manifesto advanced popular support for sovereignty for Quebec among French Canadians, and eventually lead to the referendum for independence in 1980. This paper used Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and New York newspapers, political memoirs and autobiographies, parliamentary debates, biographies, and other secondary sources.

Recommended Citation

Wheatman, Stan. "The FLQ Manifesto." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 24, 2006.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2006/oral-session-I/7