The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN.

Evidence

The principle of the strike followed as a direct consequence of the priority of externalising the conflict, determined at Soummam the previous September, but specifically, in its timing and duration, it seems to have been the brain-child of Ben M’hidi. It was to coincide with the opening of the United Nations session in New York and was to last eight days. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 569

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: The FLN weighed international opinion when choosing when to use terror; Bandung’s condemnation of colonialism internationalized the Algerian conflict.; The F.L.N. strike aimed to externalize Algeria’s conflict to the United Nations. (+3 more)