Re: quebec referemdun

[Ryan Daum <rdaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 21 Oct 1995 glevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> How presumptuous of you to assume that support for Quebecois independence
> is a "knee jerk reaction." It is true that there are right-wing
> nationalists in the Quebecois movement. It does not therefore necessarily
> follow that the independence movement is reactionary.
>
> I may be showing my age, but I remember the Quebecois movement of the
> early 1970s. That movement was an expression of an international
> radicalization that was influenced, in large part, by the events of
> May-June, 1968 in France. The Quebecois movement was, similarly, led by
> revolutionary socialists and anarchists. Unfortunately, it was defeated.
> The current movement, however, owes its heritage, in part, to that
> earlier movement for independence. Like any *real* movement for
> self-determination, it contains many different social forces and
> perspectives.
>
> Jerry

Finally, someone with a head on his shoulders.  Thanks, Jerry, for the
cool and collected reply I have been unable to compose :-)


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