Program polityczny Algierskiego Frontu Wyzwolenia Narodowego w okresie wojny narodowowyzwoleńczej (1954 - 1962)

Abstract

Due to some historical reasons, the Algerian independence war, called by the Algerians ,, the Revolution" had not been prepared in doctrinal terms. There was no political literature (especially in the Arabic language) to influence the people as a whole and drive them to take up arms. Thus, the independence movement developed among the intellectuals and the struggle was started by them . That is why the number of combatants was very low in the first stage of the war. The most urgent task of the FNL w as to strengthen the Revolution by enlarging its social basis. This goal focused all the efforts of the FNL propaganda, including the mass media, (at that time being at the disposal of the Front) and endowed the revolution any doctrine with a clearly instrumental character. The article comprises three main parts. The first examines the attitude of the FNL to the history of the Algerian people, the second deals with the economic and social programme of the Revolution, and the last concerns the methods w hich, in the leaders' opinton, had to be used by the Revolution in order to bring the struggle to a successful end.