Andrée Ferretti
Andrée Ferretti (born in 1935) is a Canadian political figure and author. She was the vice president of the R*emblement pour l'indépendance nationale (RIN), a Quebec independence movement and later political party of the 1960s. Ferretti was one of the early militants of the contemporary Quebec independence movement.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 Bibliography
- 3 See also
- 4 References
Biography
Ferretti was born in Montreal in a family of humble wealth. She began her commitment for Quebec independence in 1958. She was a member of the Mouvement de Libération Populaire, and when it disbanded joined the R*emblement pour l'indépendance nationale and became its vice-president. The RIN had distinct left and right wing sections and Ferretti part of the left wing of the party, arguing that the whole socio-economic system needed to be reformed. Ferretti argued that Quebec was "in a mortal struggle against all who contribute to our exploitation, whether they be American Imperialists, Canadian capitalists or the French-Canadian bourgeoisie." After a confrontation with then-president of the RIN Pierre Bourgault, she resigned from the party and founded the short-lived Front de libération populaire (FLP) in March 1968. Bourgault asked his followers to join René Lévesque's then-fledgling Parti Québécois using entryism, thus uniting the indépendantiste forces.
During the 1970s, she published a number of writings in favour of independence within Le Devoir and Parti pris, while studying philosophy. In 1979, the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society made her Patriot of the Year. She directed, with Gaston Miron, a compilation of writings for independence, from the Patriotes to modern Sovereigntism, ending in 1992. After Miron's p*ing, she directed the second volume regarding the time between 1992 and 2003. She also published three novels at the VLB éditeur and Typo publishing houses.
Bibliography
- Renaissance en Paganie (1987)
- La Vie partisane (1990)
- L'été de la comp*ion (2003)
- Les grands textes indépendantistes: 1774 à 1992
- Les grands textes indépendantistes: 1992 à 2003
See also
- Quebec sovereignty movement
- Quebec nationalism
- Politics of Quebec
- Ferretti