The FLN’s general strike aimed to sway the UN debate on Algeria.

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The FLN weighed international opinion when choosing when to use terror; The F.L.N. strike aimed to externalize Algeria’s conflict to the United Nations.; The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 569

Related

• The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN. (similarity 0.97)
• The FLN weighed international opinion when choosing when to use terror (similarity 0.92)
• The F.L.N. strike aimed to externalize Algeria’s conflict to the United Nations. (similarity 0.91)
• Bandung’s condemnation of colonialism internationalized the Algerian conflict. (similarity 0.87)
• The eight-day strike proved the FLN’s gravest tactical error of the war. (similarity 0.81)
• The Bandung Conference internationalized the Algerian cause and opened the road to the U.N. (similarity 0.80)
• The F.L.N.’s eight-day general strike was broken within forty-eight hours (similarity 0.79)
• The F.L.N.’s Algiers urban operations failed almost entirely on the opening night (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN. #corroborates (0.95) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 569