Street violence in Algiers could force any French government to yield

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 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Pied noir ultrac organisations crystallized in early 1956 and dominated Algiers for six years; A settler’s street riot in Algiers compelled France’s government to abandon negotiations — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 567; Algeria would be lost on France’s interior political front, not on the military front

Related

• A settler’s street riot in Algiers compelled France’s government to abandon negotiations (similarity 0.94)
• France’s refusal to restrain settler fascism drove liberal Algerians to the F.L.N. (similarity 0.79)
• The Algiers defeat exposed a fatal interior-exterior rift in F.L.N. leadership (similarity 0.78)
• The French Left’s inaction eliminated any liberal alternative for Algeria’s Europeans (similarity 0.78)
• The European settler minority is the central obstacle to ending the Algerian war (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• A settler’s street riot in Algiers compelled France’s government to abandon negotiations #exemplifies (0.75) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 567
• Algeria would be lost on France’s interior political front, not on the military front #qualifies (0.55)