Clandestine print and radio turned the F.L.N. into a mass movement

Evidence

Under particularly his and Krim’s impetus, politicisation of F.L.N. cadres moved into higher gear. In June 1956 the first copy of the F.L.N.’s own newspaper, El Moudjahid, appeared in a scruffily roneo’d format and was distributed secretly through the Casbah. By the end of the year, with the establishment of the clandestine Voix de l’Algérie, the transistor radio had become a major weapon of war, with the Algerians—not previously so addicted—buying up the country’s entire available stock. At first the French authorities tried to control sales, then jammed transmissions; both had but little success, and the Voix de l’Algérie established itself as a vital factor in maintaining morale and spreading the revolt still further. By this time it could genuinely be said that the F.L.N. had become a “mass movement”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 414

Categorization

• XREF: The transistor radio as a weapon of revolutionary communication connects directly to earlier notes from The Bias of Communication about communication technology shaping community and movement. — connects to: F.L.N. propaganda caused mass defections within French-native army units; Liberation struggle transformed the radio from submission tool into weapon; The national struggle transformed the radio from hostile object into protective one — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 308 (+5 more)
• SEED: The transistor radio as a ‘major weapon of war’ before the Internet era is a strong angle for an essay on how insurgent media infrastructure outpaces state jamming.

Related

• Abane’s 1955 proclamation transformed the F.L.N.’s propaganda and threatened rival factions (similarity 0.81)
• F.L.N. propaganda caused mass defections within French-native army units (similarity 0.81)
• The national struggle transformed the radio from hostile object into protective one (similarity 0.81)
• Liberation struggle transformed the radio from submission tool into weapon (similarity 0.80)
• Absorbing rivals turned the F.L.N. into a mass movement. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Absorbing rivals turned the F.L.N. into a mass movement. #corroborates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 440
• Abane’s 1955 proclamation transformed the F.L.N.’s propaganda and threatened rival factions #expands (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 413
• F.L.N. propaganda won by telling more truth than the French did #corroborates (0.35)