One of the most pressing tasks of the socialists in Britain will be to do wh-t they can to prevent the new regime in Algeria either killing or imprisoning socialists in Algeria. First and foremost, we must campaign for the release of Ben Bella: this is not merely a humanitarian move or the saving of a great revolutionary; Ben Bella can .act as the focal point for a revival of the left in the Algerian Revolution. Then we must remember the heroes of Algerian war like Henri Alleg and Michael Raptis who kept alive the tradition of solidarity between the workers' movement in the West ani the Algerian Revolution when the major parties (Socialist and Communist alike) acted disgracefully. These men are, according to what little information has seeped through, either in hiding or under arrest. Boumedienne's coutemptuous references to "foreign advisors" bodes ill for their welfare. There are, moreover, figures like Mohammed Harbi, who incurred the wrath of the bureaucrats and Islamic traditonalists because of their fight for genuine internationalist and socialist policies within the F.L.N. The next stage of the Algerian Revolution - a higher one because it will assimilate the lessons of the mistakes of Ben Bella and his team - will need men like these, Let us act quickly and decisively; I would welcome ideas for a campaign.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 4, No. 1, 8 July 1965
Save Ben Bella, Save Henri Alleg and Others
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