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October Crisis, 1970: Crackdown ignited by authorities’ fear of young people

October 12, 2020

 

n the years leading up to the October Crisis in Quebec in 1970, young people in Western countries were engaged in a series of ruthless battles. Civil unrest had broken out in France in May 1968, and in the United States, demonstrations and riots against segregation and discrimination, as well as the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War had gained ground. All of it occurred against a backdrop of political assassinations, major social upheavals and a rush to independence of former colonies.

 

Québec was no exception in those years. Demonstrations sometimes turned into riots, such as the St-Jean-Baptiste Day parade in 1968. The actions of the Front de libération du Québec, a clandestine group commonly known as the FLQ, turned bloody in 1963.

(Éditions du Septentrion)

 

Québec youth found themselves in turmoil in October 1970. “Indeed, it was young people, mainly students, who would be arrested as soon as the War Measures Act was implemented,” explains Éric Bédard, who has just released the second edition of his book devoted to the events of October 1970, Chronique d'une insurrection appréhendée.

 

continued…. https://theconversation.com/october-crisis-1970-crackdown-ignited-by-authorities-fear-of-young-people-147554