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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...petite bourgeoisie itself is aiming for independence but it is important to understand that if the Parti Quebecois (Quebec People's Party-PQ), as presently constituted, were to take power it would be unable to do more than enact minor reforms. In fact, its reforms would have to be at least as radical as those of Allende in Chile, and this would have to come from pressure from the membership itself, in order to concretely solve Quebec's socio-cultural and economic problems...

Author: By Claire Culhane and Jeff Marvin, S | Title: "We Are Part Of Revolution Everywhere" An Interview with Pierre Vallieres | 9/28/1971 | See Source »

...PQ must directly confront imperialism. They would then be forced along one of two paths: they would either have to take a clear stand against imperialism in Quebec or would have to try to develop a regime based on a false unity with the rest of Canada, in which case a purge of various progressive organizations would occur. However, through independence, the Quebecois are looking for the means of changing the material conditions of the people, and in this way nationalism is not reactionary, but more like that process which leads to popular liberation, as in Vietnam...

Author: By Claire Culhane and Jeff Marvin, S | Title: "We Are Part Of Revolution Everywhere" An Interview with Pierre Vallieres | 9/28/1971 | See Source »

...truth is that even the goals of the PQ cannot be realized without socialism. Furthermore, even if the PQ were to assume state control, there would still be a need for the Quebec Liberation Front to exist. It is important to build a revolutionary organization outside of the PQ and trade unions. It is imperative to organize independently of the petite bourgeoisie and to imbue the mass movement with a clear ideology and provide it with the proper means of survival without hindering the activities of other groups working towards socialism in Quebec. In other words, a collective effort...

Author: By Claire Culhane and Jeff Marvin, S | Title: "We Are Part Of Revolution Everywhere" An Interview with Pierre Vallieres | 9/28/1971 | See Source »

...Politique was thought to have strong backing in the Montreal city elections. And yet, even as the government felt the threat of increasing secessionist tendencies among Quebec's electorate, the FLQ was tiring of the ballot box as a means of achieving power: the April vote had yielded the PQ only seven out of 108 National Assembly seats, and the temper of the underground group was wearing rather thin...

Author: By M. DAVID Landau, | Title: Canada-The Quiet Desperation | 10/29/1970 | See Source »

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