La Meute

La Meute
Founded 2015
Location Quebec, Canada
Membership 40,000–43,000 (claimed)
~4,000–5,000 (estimated)
Official website www.lameute-officiel.org

La Meute ("The Pack") is a far-right, nationalist[1] pressure group and identitarian movement[2] fighting against illegal immigration and radical Islam.[3][4][5][6] The group was founded in September 2015 in Quebec by 2 ex-members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Éric Venne and Patrick Beaudry.[7] Both are not members of the group anymore.[8][9] La Meute wants to prevent the Quebec Liberal Party from winning the Next Quebec general election.[10][11] La Meute doesn't plan to become a political party, but rather "to become large enough and organized enough to constitute a force that can't be ignored".[12]

Most political observers identify La Meute as far-right.[13][14] The group rejects this.[15][16] As of April 2018, the group has more than 41,000 members in its private Facebook group, although some journalists believe there are only 4,000 to 5,000 members.[17]

Political position

Police officers,[3] experts,[18] and the majority of journalists identify La Meute as far-right. The group is considered xenophobic, islamophobic, supremacist,[19] ultranationalist, or even populist by some.

La Meute is, according to Maxime Fiset, « on the limit of the spectrum of what is far-right »[20] and corresponds to, according to David Morin, a « populist and nationalistic-identitarian far-right fringe ».[21] David Morin hesitates between the terms « identitarian far-right » and « right-wing populism », and notes there is « communicating vessels » between more radical groups, like Atalante and, sometimes, Storm Alliance.[22]

The group is often differentiated from racist, supremacist, neo-nazis and neo-fascists groups by observers,[23][24] experts,[21][20][22][25][26] and journalists. Quebec police don't consider La Meute to be a threat.[27] Some say La Meute's discourses are akin to the far-right,[28] or believe that "far-right" could be unsuitable for La Meute.[29] Others say they're unable to precisely define La Meute,[30] or talk about a "so-called" far-right group,[31] or believe we call them "a bit foolishly" far-right,[32] declaring "it's difficult to find anything to condemn this group".[33] Finally, some journalists oppose La Meute's public image to its private Facebook group.[34]

La Meute rejects the "far-right" etiquette[15][16] and is known to regularly delete overtly racist comments,[12] or comments inciting violence.[7] Some journalists doubt this, arguing that the Facebook group shows "numerous references to Muhammad as a pedophile or rapist" and that it can be invalidated "by simply typing "pig" in the search bar".[34] La Meute is known to expel its members who are overtly racist.[20] La Meute's spokesperson, Sylvain Brouillette, identifies La Meute as center left.[35]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. "Extrême droite, populisme, néonazisme... petit guide pour éviter les amalgames". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  2. ↑ Labranche, Michaël. "Quand La Meute résonne dans le New York Times". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  3. 1 2 ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. "La mouvance de l'extrême droite plus visible au Québec". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  4. ↑ ""La Meute" contre l'islam radical gagne du terrain". TVA Nouvelles (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  5. ↑ "La Meute présente ses dix-sept revendications". le-peuple.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  6. ↑ "Promotion d'un groupe contre " l'islam radical " : un cadre de Saguenay rappelé à l'ordre | ICI Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  7. 1 2 ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. "43 000 membres pour le groupe d'extrême droite la Meute". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  8. ↑ "Le chef de La Meute démissionne". Vice (in French). 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  9. ↑ "Divisions au sein de La Meute". Le Soleil (in French). 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  10. ↑ "La Meute présente son manifeste". TVA Nouvelles (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  11. ↑ Grondin, Marie-Renée. "[AUDIO] La Meute lancera un manifeste la semaine prochaine". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  12. 1 2 "Inside Quebec's far right: A secretive online group steps into the real world | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  13. ↑ "The Canadian far right". The Economist. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  14. ↑ "Out of the Shadows: Inside La Meute | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  15. 1 2 ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. "La Meute se défend d'être un groupe d'extrême droite". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  16. 1 2 "Entrevue avec un chef de Meute". L'Avantage Rimouski (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  17. ↑ "Les illusions et désillusions de La Meute, le " plus grand groupe d'extrême droite au Québec "". Vice (in French). 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  18. ↑ "La Meute et les Soldiers of Odin chahutent un colloque sur l'extrême droite". Le Soleil (in French). 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  19. ↑ Shihipar, Abdullah (2018-01-24). "Opinion | The deadly consequences of Islamophobia in Canada". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  20. 1 2 3 "Pas islamophobe, La Meute?". Le Soleil (in French). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  21. 1 2 ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. "Démystifier l'extrême droite". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  22. 1 2 "La Meute à Granby: les citoyens appelés à l'ouverture et à la vigilance - Le Granby Express". Le Granby Express (in French). 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  23. ↑ Meunier, Hugo. "Je suis membre de La Meute depuis le début et c'est plate". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  24. ↑ Paré, Étienne. "Le jour où j'ai été d'extrême-droite". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  25. ↑ "Extrême droite au Québec: un phénomène social et politique en croissance?" (in French). 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  26. ↑ "" La meute ", suite et fin (pour moi)". Stéphane Berthomet - Notes et article (in French). 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  27. ↑ "Québec : montée des groupes d'extrême droite". TV5MONDE (in French). 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  28. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. "Après les affrontements à Québec, La Meute marche dans le silence". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  29. ↑ "As Canada Transforms, an Anti-Immigrant Fringe Stirs". The New York Times. 2017-01-31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  30. ↑ Ravary, Lise. "La Meute en crise de croissance (1re partie)". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  31. ↑ Meunier, Hugo. "Je suis membre de La Meute depuis le début et c'est plate". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  32. ↑ Paré, Étienne. "Le jour où j'ai été d'extrême-droite". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  33. ↑ Facal, Joseph. ""La Meute"?". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  34. 1 2 "How a far-right movement is getting a free ride in Quebec media - iPolitics". iPolitics. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  35. ↑ Ravary, Lise. "La Meute en crise de croissance (1re partie)". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.


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