A settler’s street riot in Algiers compelled France’s government to abandon negotiations

Evidence

And so we were stupefied to learn at the end of the afternoon of General Catroux’s resignation. It was Ben Batouche who announced it to us. He was overwhelmed. I saw Khène, next to me, turn pale and clench his fists with fury. All around us people were embracing amid great bursts of laughter, singing the Marseillaise. The city suddenly took on the appearance of a vast fair. I was nauseated by so much stupidity. As we separated, one of us said, “And now we have no one left but the F.L.N. to speak for us.” It quickly became obvious to us that with France reluctant to make the fascist minority of Algeria toe the mark, it was henceforth up to the F.L.N. to do so. After February 6th we could no longer turn our eyes toward France. Not from her would salvation come. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 567

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Street violence in Algiers could force any French government to yield; Algerians read the retreat of colonialism from settler fear and anger; The Barricades affair marked the defeat of French Algeria policy — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1142 (+3 more)

Related

• Street violence in Algiers could force any French government to yield (similarity 0.94)
• The European settler minority is the central obstacle to ending the Algerian war (similarity 0.84)
• France’s refusal to restrain settler fascism drove liberal Algerians to the F.L.N. (similarity 0.82)
• Pressure from the settler right and Paris politics crushed moderate reform from both sides (similarity 0.81)
• Algerians read the retreat of colonialism from settler fear and anger (similarity 0.80)
• Algeria’s liberal European third force collapsed once the French Left aligned with settler fascism. (similarity 0.80)
• French metropolitan democracy attenuated, while colonial Algeria criminalized, dissent against empire. (similarity 0.79)
• The French Left’s inaction eliminated any liberal alternative for Algeria’s Europeans (similarity 0.79)
• The barricades insurrection proved the decisive failure of the Algérie française cause. (similarity 0.78)
• Every French reform effort in Algeria was blocked by pied noir pressure groups (similarity 0.78)
• The Battle of Algiers marked the end of any possibility of negotiated settlement (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The Barricades affair marked the defeat of French Algeria policy #exemplifies (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1142
• The European settler minority is the central obstacle to ending the Algerian war #expands (0.65)
• Algerians read the retreat of colonialism from settler fear and anger #expands (0.60)
• Pressure from the settler right and Paris politics crushed moderate reform from both sides #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 362
• The French Left’s inaction eliminated any liberal alternative for Algeria’s Europeans #qualifies (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 568