Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale
Rally for National Independence Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1960 |
| Dissolved | 1968 |
| Ideology | Quebec sovereigntism Social democracy |
| Colours | Varied |
The Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale (French pronunciation: [ʁasɑ̃bləmɑ̃ puʁ lɛ̃depɑ̃dɑ̃s nɑsjɔnal]; RIN; English: Rally for National Independence) was a political organization dedicated to the promotion of Quebec national independence from Canada.
Torn during its existence between different ideological tendencies, the RIN essentially represented the left wing of the Quebec sovereignty movement of the 1960s.
The RIN participated in negotiations during 1968 with a view to unifying different independence parties but was ultimately excluded from the final negotiations leading to the formation of the Parti Québécois. On October 26, 1968, the party congress decided, on the proposal of President Pierre Bourgault, to dissolve and called on its members to join individually the Parti Québécois.