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In January 2008, the RRQ launched a campaign against [[Québec City]]’s 400th anniversary celebrations and accused the organizers of being [[revisionist]]s. |
In January 2008, the RRQ launched a campaign against [[Québec City]]’s 400th anniversary celebrations and accused the organizers of being [[revisionist]]s. |
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On March 17, 2008, the RRQ protested the [[St. Patrick's Day]] parade in [[Montreal]]. A handful of RQQ members carrying the [[flag of Quebec]] were all but ignored behind the police barricade on the north side of Fort Street where they remained for the duration of the parade and the protest was a flop. The [[Mouvement Montréal français]] and the [[Société Saint-Jean Baptiste de Montreal]] distanced themselves from the RQQ's protest, issuing a communication supporting the [[Ireland|Irish]] event and marching in the parade.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?k=19784&id=9563d5b5-456d-40cc-b97a-90e3c58bf3fd|title=Revellers paint the town green|date=2009-03-17|publisher=[[Canada.com]]|accessdate=2009-09-15}}</ref> |
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On March 17, 2008, the RRQ protested the [[St. Patrick’s Day]] parade claiming it was too English, the RRQ distributed leaflets and waved Quebec, Patriote and Irish flags. Also the RRQ distributed leaflets commemorating links between Irish and francophone Quebecers, including the involvement of [[Irish]] immigrants in the nationalist [[Lower Canada Rebellion|Patriote movement]] in the 1830s in [[Lower Canada]], as Quebec was known at the time. Patrick Bourgeois said that there are parallels between nationalism in Quebec and in Ireland. “The Irish Catholics fought to be respected, to defend their identity. We Quebec indépendantistes see ourselves in that. We’re taking the time to underline that.”<ref>http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?k=19816&id=7ffd5a94-5a07-45c8-97ba-5eee95b8597e</ref> |
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In January 2009, the RRQ launched a major campaign against the 250th anniversary [[combat reenactment|reenactment]] of the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]], a important battle of the [[French and Indian War]]. The RRQ played a major role in the cancellation of the reenactment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13185508|title=Fighting Old Battles:A 250-year-old Defeat Still Rankles|publisher=[[The Economist]]|date=Feb 26th 2009|accessed=Feb 2009}}</ref> A spokesperson for the group, retired Quebec filmmaker [[Pierre Falardeau]] stated that if the reenactment took place, "some people will get their asses kicked".<ref name="gazette2" /> The RRQ said to visiting spectators that the reenactment would offer "a trip they won't soon forget".<ref name="gazette2">{{cite news|url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/story_print.html?id=1296374&sponsor=|title=Retreat! Battlefields Commission backs down|last=MacPherson|first=Don|date=2009-02-17|publisher=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Montreal Gazette]]|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref> Patrick Bourgeois, of the RRQ stated, "The re-enactment is off, that's great. This thing unleashed passions. But ultimately, the responsibility for all of this is the people who concocted this dim-witted plan.<ref name="CTV Television Network">{{cite news|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090217/abraham_090217/undefined|title=Plains of Abraham re-enactment cancelled|date=2009-02-17|publisher=[[CTV Television Network]]|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>Sure, we were promoting civil disobedience. But so were they. The potential for violence was there.”<ref name="Vigile1">{{cite news|url=http://www.vigile.net/Bataille-verbale-autour-de-la|title=Separatists win Plains of Abraham battle|date=2009-02-17|publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]]|accessdate=2009-09-15}}</ref> |
In January 2009, the RRQ launched a major campaign against the 250th anniversary [[combat reenactment|reenactment]] of the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]], a important battle of the [[French and Indian War]]. The RRQ played a major role in the cancellation of the reenactment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13185508|title=Fighting Old Battles:A 250-year-old Defeat Still Rankles|publisher=[[The Economist]]|date=Feb 26th 2009|accessed=Feb 2009}}</ref> A spokesperson for the group, retired Quebec filmmaker [[Pierre Falardeau]] stated that if the reenactment took place, "some people will get their asses kicked".<ref name="gazette2" /> The RRQ said to visiting spectators that the reenactment would offer "a trip they won't soon forget".<ref name="gazette2">{{cite news|url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/story_print.html?id=1296374&sponsor=|title=Retreat! Battlefields Commission backs down|last=MacPherson|first=Don|date=2009-02-17|publisher=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Montreal Gazette]]|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref> Patrick Bourgeois, of the RRQ stated, "The re-enactment is off, that's great. This thing unleashed passions. But ultimately, the responsibility for all of this is the people who concocted this dim-witted plan.<ref name="CTV Television Network">{{cite news|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090217/abraham_090217/undefined|title=Plains of Abraham re-enactment cancelled|date=2009-02-17|publisher=[[CTV Television Network]]|accessdate=2009-03-12}}</ref>Sure, we were promoting civil disobedience. But so were they. The potential for violence was there.”<ref name="Vigile1">{{cite news|url=http://www.vigile.net/Bataille-verbale-autour-de-la|title=Separatists win Plains of Abraham battle|date=2009-02-17|publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]]|accessdate=2009-09-15}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:04, 16 September 2009
| Réseau de Résistance du Québecois | |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | December 2007-Present |
| Motives | Independence of Québec |
| Active regions | Quebec, Canada |
| Ideology | Quebec sovereigntism Quebec nationalism |
| Status | Active |
The Réseau de Résistance du Québecois (RRQ) (English: Quebecois Network of Resistance) is a militant[1] politically radical[2] fringe[3] Quebec nationalist organization, which is part of the Quebec sovereignty movement.[3]
History
In the 1960's the Quiet Revolution (French: Révolution tranquille) was a period of intense change in Quebec, characterized by the rapid and effective secularization of society, the creation of a welfare state ([État-providence] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) and a re-alignment of politics into federalist and separatist factions. Radical Quebec independence organizations have been formed since the 1990s, including the Mouvement de Libération Nationale du Québec in 1995 and later in 2007 the RRQ.[4]
Support
The RRQ as a group experiences marginalization in Quebec and is not an official political party with the majority of the 40% of Quebecs' population that support independence, supporting traditional Quebec separatist political parties like the Parti Québécois and the Bloc Québécois.[4]
Campaigns
In January 2008, the RRQ launched a campaign against Québec City’s 400th anniversary celebrations and accused the organizers of being revisionists.
On March 17, 2008, the RRQ protested the St. Patrick’s Day parade claiming it was too English, the RRQ distributed leaflets and waved Quebec, Patriote and Irish flags. Also the RRQ distributed leaflets commemorating links between Irish and francophone Quebecers, including the involvement of Irish immigrants in the nationalist Patriote movement in the 1830s in Lower Canada, as Quebec was known at the time. Patrick Bourgeois said that there are parallels between nationalism in Quebec and in Ireland. “The Irish Catholics fought to be respected, to defend their identity. We Quebec indépendantistes see ourselves in that. We’re taking the time to underline that.”[5]
In January 2009, the RRQ launched a major campaign against the 250th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, a important battle of the French and Indian War. The RRQ played a major role in the cancellation of the reenactment.[6] A spokesperson for the group, retired Quebec filmmaker Pierre Falardeau stated that if the reenactment took place, "some people will get their asses kicked".[7] The RRQ said to visiting spectators that the reenactment would offer "a trip they won't soon forget".[7] Patrick Bourgeois, of the RRQ stated, "The re-enactment is off, that's great. This thing unleashed passions. But ultimately, the responsibility for all of this is the people who concocted this dim-witted plan.[8]Sure, we were promoting civil disobedience. But so were they. The potential for violence was there.”[9]
On June 23, 2009, Lake of Stew an anglophone music group playing at the L'Autre St. Jean concert for the St. Jean Baptiste festivities at Pelican Park in Rosemont, Quebec was heckled by the RQQ, but the RQQ was met mostly with disdain by those in the audience and the band played on to cheers.[10] Guillaume Duchesneau of member of the RQQ stated, "I don't think there should be two anglophone bands here. It's the patriotic celebration of Quebec started by a Quebec patriot, Ludger Duvernay in 1834, and it's like an oppression seeing groups sing here in English."[10]
See also
References
- ^ Chung, Andrew (2009-09-04). "Brave CBC under fire on the Plains of Abraham". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ MacPherson, Don (2009-09-15). "Only in Quebec, you say?". The Gazette. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ a b Hamilton, Graeme (2009-09-14). "No sign French lost Plains of Abraham". National Post. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ a b McCord Museum: Québec independence movement
- ^ http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?k=19816&id=7ffd5a94-5a07-45c8-97ba-5eee95b8597e
- ^ "Fighting Old Battles:A 250-year-old Defeat Still Rankles". The Economist. Feb 26th 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|accessed=ignored (help) - ^ a b MacPherson, Don (2009-02-17). "Retreat! Battlefields Commission backs down". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ "Plains of Abraham re-enactment cancelled". CTV Television Network. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ "Separatists win Plains of Abraham battle". The Globe and Mail. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ a b "Sovereignists heckle Lake of Stew at L'Autre St. Jean". The Gazette. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
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