Recovers the lost history of colonial Algeria's communist movement

Born in New York City, Allison Drew divides her time between New York and York, England. She has a PhD from UCLA and is professor emerita at the University of York and honorary professor at the University of Cape Town. She has published five scholarly books on anti-apartheid and anti-colonial movements in South Africa and Algeria. She loves animals, rambling in the countryside and singing. Find out more at https://allisondrew.org/.

Introduction - Imagining socialism and communism in Algeria
1. The land and its conquest
2. Grappling for a communist foothold
3. 'The mountain "was going communist"': peasant struggles on the Mitidja
4. 'This land is not for sale': communists, nationalists and the popular front
5. The nation in formation: communists and nationalists during the Second World War
6. For an Algerian national front: unity and division in the liberation struggle
7. Sparking an insurrection: pressure from the countryside
8. 'Our people will overcome': to the cities and the prisons
9. 'We need a country that talks': imagining the future Algeria
Conclusion: Algerian communists and the new Algeria
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