Unified political fronts suppress internal differences only while facing an enemy.

Evidence

Abbas’s reaction was to bury the hatchet with Messali, and on 14 March in the fateful town of Sétif, and in another rare moment of unity, all the principal components of nationalism joined hands in a new grouping called Amis du Manifeste et de la Liberté (A.M.L.). In the most precise terms yet, it restated its aim as being “to propagate the idea of an Algerian nation, and the desire for an Algerian constitution with an autonomous republic federated to a renewed French republic, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist”. This new brief moment of unity was to perish finally amid the bloodshed and recriminations of Sétif the following year; nevertheless, the A.M.L. declaration did establish a principle of immense political and propaganda importance. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even unifying antiracist categories impose their own internal silences.; Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122; Absorbing rival elites into the ruling bloc decapitates and neutralizes opposition (+2 more)

Related

• Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief (similarity 0.89)
• The F.L.N.’s appearance of unity sustained the revolt more than fresh fighters would (similarity 0.88)
• Ethnic and nationalist divisions chronically frustrated American socialist unity. (similarity 0.87)
• Defeated reformism pushed moderate nationalists toward the F.L.N. and total independence (similarity 0.79)
• Post-independence rivalry among Muslim leaders exceeded wartime bitterness against France (similarity 0.79)
• Abane’s 1955 proclamation transformed the F.L.N.’s propaganda and threatened rival factions (similarity 0.78)
• France’s refusal to restrain settler fascism drove liberal Algerians to the F.L.N. (similarity 0.78)
• The revolution forced even arch-moderate Abbas to abandon gradualism (similarity 0.78)
• The 1943 Manifesto marked Algerian nationalism’s break with assimilation (similarity 0.78)
• Northern MPs split into two factions, deadening their unified voice on the union (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief #exemplifies (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122
• Absorbing rival elites into the ruling bloc decapitates and neutralizes opposition #complicates (0.72)
• Total terror emerges only after opposition is already defeated #responds-to (0.70)