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September 06, 2009
Propaganda of the deed
We used to hang pirates. Here is yet another thing the British Empire has managed to unlearn over the course of 250 years.
Organizers of a spoken-word event in Quebec City are refusing to cancel a reading of the Front de Liberation du Quebec manifesto, meant to mark the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Next weekend, entertainer Luck Mervil is set to stand on the Plains and read from the former terrorist organization's manifesto among 100 readers reciting 140 texts. The event will take place over a 24-hour period, and each reader will present various texts as part of the Moulin a paroles event.
Next weekend, entertainer Luck Mervil is set to stand on the Plains and read from the former terrorist organization's manifesto among 100 readers reciting 140 texts. The event will take place over a 24-hour period, and each reader will present various texts as part of the Moulin a paroles event.
For the benefit of Flea-readers blessed with better weather and freer speech, the FLQ was a national socialist (they called themselves "Marxist") paramilitary sheltered by the people of Quebec in the '60s and '70s and practically friends and family to Canada's current Governor General, Michaëlle Jean. Because we are perilously nice.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 6, 2009 08:47 AM
