Atalante Quebec has staged anti-immigration rallies, and pasted stickers.[5] The group hands out food in Quebec City's underprivileged neighbourhoods but, according to a 2017 communiqué, only to people of "Neo-French origin."[6]
The group's slogan is "Exister, c'est combattre ce qui me nie" (English: To exist is to fight that which denies me), a phrase taken from French far-right author
Dominique Venner.[2]
In August 2017, the group put up anti-immigration banners around Quebec City, including one with the hashtag
#remigration, referring to their desired return of recent immigrants and their descendants to their countries of origin.[8] During the night of August 21, Atalante put up several banners around
Montreal, including on the
Olympic Stadium, protesting against a recent wave of
asylum seekers from the
United States.[9]
In November 2017, Members of Atalante joined a protest with
La Meute and
Storm Alliance. Atalante unfurled a banner reading "Le Québec aux Québécois" (English: Quebec for Quebecers).[11]
On May 23, 2018, members of Atalante entered the offices of the Vice news media in Montreal, masked. They shouted, threw documents on the ground, and intimidated journalist Simon Coutu, who had written about them. [12][1] On June 18, 2018, Raphaël Lévesque was arrested in connection with this event.[13] He was released that same day upon signing a promise to appear. He was meant to present himself to the
Palais de justice in Montreal to be formally tried with breaking and entering, mischief, and intimidation of Simon Coutu. However, he did not appear at the Palais de justice for his hearing and his case was deferred until September 28, 2018.[14] On June 10, 2020, Lévesque was cleared of all charges.[15]
On December 19, 2018, an anonymous
anti-fascist collective published a list of all the members of Atalante, outlining the links between the Quebecois group, the Italian neo-fascist group
CasaPound, and the French neo-fascist group
Social Bastion.[16]