{"id":32707,"date":"2021-10-10T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=32707"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T17:52:21","slug":"the-algerian-revolution-changed-the-world-for-the-better-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/the-algerian-revolution-changed-the-world-for-the-better-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Algerian Revolution Changed the World for the Better – PART 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY ROBERT MAISEY<\/a>\u00a0In https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/<\/h4>\n

At the Center of the World<\/h1>\n

Nasser, a pan-Arabist who styled himself as the political figurehead of the whole Arab world, was particularly keen to show his support for the FLN. He, in turn, was held in high regard by the Algerians, who saw him as living proof that revolutionary self-liberation was possible in the Arab world. The Cairo-based radio Voice of the Arabs amplified FLN propaganda across the Middle East and North Africa, giving them an outsize global presence and reinforcing the legitimacy of their revolution in the eyes of Arabs and Africans everywhere.<\/p>\n

The Egyptians also acted as a broker for arms sales to the FLN, funneling Czech, Yugoslav, and Chinese ordinance to the Algerian\u00a0mujahideen<\/em>. These were put to use alongside guerrilla military tactics learned from the Chinese and North Vietnamese communists, with whom the Algerians maintained close contact. Morocco and Tunisia, Algeria\u2019s neighbors to the west and east, allowed the FLN to use their territory as bases of operations for their military high command.<\/p>\n

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Former president of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Saudis, who detested Nasser, viewing him as a godless socialist and a direct threat to their own claims to leadership in the Arab world, competed to offer financial support. They also offered the use of Saudi passports with which to travel freely around the world, including to New York to attend summits of the United Nations, where the FLN set up a permanent office from which to press their claim for independent statehood.<\/p>\n

As the savagery of the war continued to escalate, the FLN\u2019s high-profile diplomatic team did everything in their power to keep the eyes of the world firmly focused on the conflict. Even as the military situation in the country worsened, the diplomatic pressure on France intensified and, as a result, the FLN began to place their hopes on a politically mediated end to the conflict.<\/p>\n