November 17 Montréal, Halifax […]
When
1978-11-17
Description
November 17 Montréal, Halifax, Regina, Toronto Over 1,000 people attended a demonstration in Montréal organized by the coalition Opération Liberté/Operation Freedom, held to protest increasing state repression in Canada. The event commemorated the eighth anniversary of the invocation of the War Measures Act during the October Crisis in 1970, and the first anniversary of the Truxx raid. Gays and lesbians participated in a contingent supported by a coalition of seven gay and lesbian groups. Public meetings and events in support of the Montréal demonstration were also held in Halifax, Regina, and Toronto.
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TruxxTorontoReginaHalifaxMontrealAll Organizations
Opération Liberté/Operation FreedomAll Citations
Paul Trollope, "Operation Liberty Delayed One Month," Body Politic, no. 48 (1978), p. 11.Paul Trollope, "Opération Liberté Finds Growing Support in English Canada," Body Politic, no. 47 (1978), p. 12"Tous à la manif du 17 novembre!" (editorial), Gai(e)s du Québec: Journal, 1, no. 3 (October–November 1978): 3Stuart Russell, "'Operation Freedom' Plans Protest to Include Gay Issues," Body Politic, no. 46 (1978), p. 6Marcel Pleau, "Ce qui c'est vraiement passé à l'Opération Liberté?" Gai(e)s du Québec: Journal, 1, no. 4 (December 1978–January 1979): 4"Operation Liberty Protests Increased State Repression," Body Politic, no. 49 (1978–79), p. 14"Operation Liberty," Gay Saskatchewan (Saskatoon), 1, no. 10 (November 1978): (5)"Opération Liberté Draws 1,300," Socialist Voice, 27 November 1978, p. 3Ron Dayman, "Gay Support for Opération Liberté," Forum (CLGRC, Montréal), 3, no. 4 (Fall 1978): (3)W.D. (Walter Davis), "Opération Liberté," After Stonewall, no. 8 (Winter 1979), p. 14Geoff Clayden, "Tous au contingent gai le 17 novembre," Gai(e)s du Québec: Journal, 1, no. 3 (October–November 1978): 5Lawrence Boyle and Ross Higgins, "Soirée de mobilisation: Opération Liberté," Gai(e)s du Québec: Journal, 1, no. 4 (December 1978–January 1979): 4
