Opinions by individual militants
This is an incomplete list of individual militants of the independence of Quebec, past and present. Many were artists, such as Gaston Miron, Gérald Godin, Pauline Julien, Michel Chartrand, Andrée Ferretti, and many others who were arrested without charges during the October Crisis of 1970.
Michel Seymour, philosopher
Biography in Wikipedia: Michel Seymour
- Michel Seymour's personal web site
- Québec Nationalism and Canadian Federalism, January 2001
- Exchange of letters between Michel Seymour and readers of the Inroads journal, November-December 2000
- On Redefining the Nation (PDF)
- Québec and Canada at the Crossroads: A Nation within a Nation (PDF)
- The anti-democratic drift of the federal government: A brief concerning Bill C-20
- Quebec's language laws : The long story of a complete misunderstanding (PDF)
- Secession as a Remedial Right (PDF)
- Nation-States, National Minorities and The Draft Treaty (PDF)
Jean-François Lisée, journalist
Biography in Wikipedia: Jean-François Lisée
- Jean-François Lisée's online publications in English and French
- Québec 2006: An Overview, Association of International Educators Conference, Montreal, May 2006 (Power Point Presentation)
- The French fact in Québec and Canada: The Hidden Storm, Conference at the American University Summer Institute, Washington D.C., June 2004 (Power Point Presentation)
- Taking the doctor's pulse: how to misdiagnose the Quebec problem, A review of Charles F. Doran's "Why Canadian Unity Matters and Why Americans Care - Democratic Pluralism at Risk", published in Isuma - Canadian Review of Policy Research, Vol 3 No 2, Fall 2002, pp 129-132
- How to avert Quebec's decline, in The Gazette February 2000
- Books by Jean-François Lisée
Andrée Ferretti, RIN militant and writer
Biography in Wikipedia: Andrée Ferretti
- Read Militantism and the National Question, dec. 2002
- Read a translated excerpts of the pamphlet The Parti québécois: for or against independence?, 1996
- Various texts on the Website "Québec un pays" (French)
- More texts at Vigile.net (French)
Guy Bouthillier, former SSJB president
Biography in Wikipedia: Guy Bouthillier
- Fundamental law, or fundamental flaw? (2002)
- See the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society page
- Books by Guy Bouthillier (French)
Pierre Bourgault, former RIN president and journalist
Biography in Wikipedia: Pierre Bourgault
- A Radical from Quebec Passes by Norman Madarasz, CounterPunch, June 20, 2003
- Books by Pierre Bourgault
Jacques Ferron, writer, founder of the Rhino Party
Biography in Wikipedia: Jacques Ferron
- Ten Years After, by Ray Ellenwood
- Jacques Ferron: transcending solitudes, by Normand Carrey
- Rhinoceros Party of Canada
- Jacques Ferron, écrivain (in French)
Michèle Lalonde, poet, playwright, essayist
Biography in Wikipedia: Michèle Lalonde
- Her 1974 political poem Speak White
- Défense et illustration de la langue québécoise, 1973
- Manifeste pour une Cause commune, 1981 (with Denis Monière)
Denis Monière, political scientist
Biography in Wikipedia: Denis Monière
- Le développement des idéologies au Québec: des origines à nos jours, 1977
- Les enjeux du référendum, 1979
- Pour la suite de l'histoire: essai sur la conjoncture politique au Québec, 1982
- Pour comprendre le nationalisme au Québec et ailleurs, 2001
- L'Indépendance, 2005
Félix Leclerc, singer, poet
Biography in Wikipedia: Félix Leclerc
- The political song L'alouette en colère in Flash animation
- Read a translation of the lyrics of a few of his songs
Gaston Miron, poet
Biography in Wikipedia: Gaston Miron
- Muriel Farley Dominguez, "From Exile to Appartenance: The Poetry of Gaston Miron Reexamined", in The French Review, Vol. 62 (1994): 1013-1023.
- Gaston Miron : parole de poète, in the Web site Les archives de Radio-Canada
- A translated excerpt of L'Homme rapaillé, 1970
Gérald Godin, journalist, poet and politician
Biography in Wikipedia: Gérald Godin
- Read the article A Sovereign Presence - The poet and the politician in Gérald Godin by Jack M. Ruttan
- Gérald Godin, tendre et emporté, in the Web site Les archives de Radio-Canada
Daniel Turp, PQ MNA and constitutionalist
Biography in Wikipedia: Daniel Turp
- Quebec's Quest for Sovereignty and Partnership, Conference at the Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, March 20, 2001
- Québec's Right to Secessionist Self-Determination
- Don't buy Stéphane Dion's response to the secession ruling (1999)
- Proposed National Constitution of Québec (French)
- Daniel Turp's Web Site
- Older site still online
- Even older site still online
Marcel Chaput, founding member of the RIN and the Parti républicain
Biography in Wikipedia: Marcel Chaput
- Why I Am a Separatist, Ryerson Press, 1961, 101 pages
- Parti républicain du Québec, in Wikipedia
André D'Allemagne, founding member of the RIN
Biography in Wikipedia: André D'Allemagne
- Books by André D'Allemagne
Hubert Aquin, writer, editor
Biography in Wikipedia: Hubert Aquin
- Prochain épisode (Next Episode) — 1965
- Trou de mémoire (Blackout) — 1968
- L'Antiphonaire (The Antiphonary) — 1969
- Point de fruite — 1971
- Neige noire (Hamlet's Twin) — 1974
- Blocs erratiques — 1977
- L'Invention de la mort — 1959
Also:
- Douglas Glover, Difficulty and Revolution
- Patricia Smart, Hubert Aquin agent double — 1973
- Gordon Sheppard, HA! A Self-Murder Mystery — 2003
Marc Chevrier, jurist, doctor in political science
Biography in Wikipedia: Marc Chevrier
- The principles and means of Québec's language policy (1997)
- Canadian federalism and the autonomy of Québec: A historical viewpoint (1996)
A cause not just for French speakers!
- Read on long list of English speakers for the independence of Québec and some other English-speaking friends of Québec in our history.
See also
- See the list of books written by advocates of Quebec independence.
- Presidents of the Parti québécois