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...Language is the first thing; language is the vehicle for thinking," Gratia O'Leary, an avowed separatist and Levesque's press secretary, said last week. The most obvious difference between Quebecers and "les anglais," the language issue has been a constant irritant in Canadian politics. The British North America Act, which became Canada's constitution in 1867, attempts to perpetuate a nation of two languages and Federal ministers have struggled to institute bi-lingualism by requiring manufacturers to label all products in both English and French, encouraging English in Quebec schools, and introducing French in schools outside Quebec. More...
John Fraser, Member of Parliament from Vancouver South, British Columbia, explained current Quebecois separatist aspirations at a level deeper than language differences. "It doesn't matter which one you scratch, you find a French-Canadian nationalist," he said last week, refering to French-Canadian Quebecers. "They look upon Quebec and themselves as a separate nation. They do not see themselves culturally or ethnically as part of the English-speaking mosaic of the rest of the country...
Besides familiarity with the region's terrain and people, the grizzled Katangese boast over a decade and a half of combat-tested savvy. They originally fought for the late Katangese separatist leader Moïshe Tshombe. After his defeat in 1963, they were forced into exile in Angola, then adopted by Portugal's secret police to fight Angolan liberation groups. Following Lisbon's 1974 revolution, which led to the dismantling of Portugal's African empire, the Katangese were virtually forced to side with Agos-tinho Neto's Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola...
Western sources, doubting that so many troops were involved, sketch a very different picture. According to them, the invaders-exiled followers of the late Katangese separatist Moïse Tshombe-have consolidated their hold on much of the border region of southwestern Zaïre. By week's end the insurgents were reported to be in control of the town of Mutshatsha, a staging area for Mobutu's forces some 70 miles from Zaïre's rich copper belt. Officials denied it, but speculation mounted that the town had indeed fallen, cabled TIME Correspondent Erik Amfitheatrof...
...Mather House women's dinner as discriminating against men, and therefore, unwarranted. In my opinion and that of the RUS Executive Board, the article was very negative in its treatment of the event, and served only to reinforce the misconception some people have of RUS as a separatist organization...