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November 8 Montréal Police arrested […]

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1978-11-08

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November 8 Montréal Police arrested thirty-three women and twenty-five men and beat up many others at a demonstration protesting the appearance of the band Battered Wives at the Theatre Saint-Denis. The protest was organized by the Montréal Coalition des Femmes contre la Violence. Many lesbians and gay men had been in the demonstration.

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November 3 Toronto Lesbians […]

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Theatre Saint-DenisMontreal

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Montréal Coalition des Femmes contre la ViolenceThe Battered WivesService de police de la Ville de Montreal/Montreal Police Service

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"57 [sic] Arrested by Riot Squad," Prairie Woman (Saskatoon), 2, no. 9 (February 1979): 4.Elizabeth Bolton and Mariana Valverde, "Police Hit Battered Wives Demo," Body Politic, no. 49 (1978–79), p. 13
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