Democratic Socialist Movement

For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria

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Algeria: war of independence 1954-1962

Algeria: war of independence 1954-1962 Colonialism, national liberation and revolutionary struggle Cédric Gérôme, Committee for a Workers’ International, CWI Fifty years ago, in 1962, the ‘Algerian war’, one of the longest and bloodiest anti-colonial conflicts, ended with the victory of the Algerian fighters against French imperialism. Algeria had been under French colonial rule for 132 years. It was the ‘flagship’