Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ; English: Quebec Liberation Front) was a separatist paramilitary group in Quebec. Founded in the early 1960s, it militantly supported the Quebec sovereignty movement. It was active between 1963 and 1970, and was regarded as a terrorist organization for its violent methods of action, although some historians also regard some of its members as \"idealists\" while the provincial police considered them \"amateurs\". It was responsible for over 160 violent incidents which killed eight people and injured many more, including the bombing of the Montreal Stock Exchange in 1969. These attacks culminated in 1970 with what is known as the October Crisis, in which British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte were kidnapped, with Laporte being killed.FLQ members practised propaganda of the deed and issued declarations that called for a socialist insurrection against oppressors identified with \"Anglo-Saxon\" imperialism, the overthrow of the Quebec government, the independence of Quebec from Canada and the establishment of a French-speaking Quebecer \"workers' society\". The organization was also influenced by other movements, such as leftist groups in countries such as Algeria, Vietnam and Cuba."@en }
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- Front_de_libération_du_Québec abstract "The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ; English: Quebec Liberation Front) was a separatist paramilitary group in Quebec. Founded in the early 1960s, it militantly supported the Quebec sovereignty movement. It was active between 1963 and 1970, and was regarded as a terrorist organization for its violent methods of action, although some historians also regard some of its members as \"idealists\" while the provincial police considered them \"amateurs\". It was responsible for over 160 violent incidents which killed eight people and injured many more, including the bombing of the Montreal Stock Exchange in 1969. These attacks culminated in 1970 with what is known as the October Crisis, in which British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte were kidnapped, with Laporte being killed.FLQ members practised propaganda of the deed and issued declarations that called for a socialist insurrection against oppressors identified with \"Anglo-Saxon\" imperialism, the overthrow of the Quebec government, the independence of Quebec from Canada and the establishment of a French-speaking Quebecer \"workers' society\". The organization was also influenced by other movements, such as leftist groups in countries such as Algeria, Vietnam and Cuba.".