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Assignment:
According to these readings
Mills, Sean. "Québécoises deboutte!" and "The CSN, the FLQ, and the October Crisis." In The Empire Within: Postcolonial Thought and Political Activism in 1960s Montreal. Montreal and Kingston: McGill- Queen's Press, 2010, pp. 119-137, 163-186.
Whitaker, Reg. "Apprehended insurrection? RCMP intelligence and the October Crisis." In Contemporary Québec: Selected Readings and Commentaries, edited by Michael Behiels and Matthew Hayday. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011, pp. 228-244. can you help me answer these questions in an engaging way
1) What were some of the groups struggling to change Quebec/Montreal in the 1960s? What did they each seek to change? (Identify similarities and differences.)
2) How did their activities compare/contrast with those of the FLQ?
3) Why did they become targets of the War Measures Act and arrested in such large numbers in October 1970? (Intelligence work outlines links; ideological links; fed desire to crush separatism.)