The Politics of Protest [week 4]

International Solidarity with the Algerian Revolution

In Algeria, French and Arabs are condemned to live together or to

die together

- Albert Camus, L’Algerie dechiree (1955)

Roots of Algerian nationalist movement

- colony since 1830- ‘pied-noir’ French

- French of North African origin- calls for liberation post-WW2

- Algerian Revolution

Response of the state

-Socialist government- Battle of Algiers

- The Jeanson Trial, September 1960

At this moment, bombs are being planted in the trams in Algiers. My

mother could be on one of those trams. If that is justice, I prefer my mother.

- Albert Camus

Key developments

-Jeanson trial- Manifesto of the 121- UNEF demonstration

- Large rallies, Oct 1961 – Feb 1962

‘Keywords’ (Evans)

- Resistance- War

- Revolution- Left

- Youth

The Belgian Influence

-Refuge for resistance- ‘Concrete’ Aid

- The institutional dimension- Distribution of information

Conclusions

-Problematic political memories- Recall anti-Nazi resistance

- The road to 1968