Film: "Battle of Algiers"

Solidarity! Revolutionary Center & Radical Library

From Solidarity: In 1954, the National Liberation Front of Algiers shot many French policemen beginning a movement for the independence of their country; in return, the Chief of Police plants a bomb in the Arab quarter, killing many dwellers. The NLF sends three women with bombs to two bars and the Air France office in the European quarter, killing many people. The French government sends the military forces under the command of the abusive Colonel Mathieu that does not respect the humanrights and uses torture to destroy the NLF command. In 1962, the Algerians finally achieve their aimed independence.

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