ALGER TAN REVOLUTION PUBLISHED
ROME, Oct, 25 =- A public presentation of a book Algeria and Socialism published’ by Samon&a and Savelli under the editorship of Livio Maitan, a member of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International, was held here yesterday... -
A considerable crowd participated, most of them Communists and Socialists, who heard a description of the book by Marco Pannella, leader of the Radical party. He took up a series of questions relating to the Algerian Revolution, its tendencies and the experiences that have been acquired,
Algeria and Socialism, which is printed in Italian, includes a series of fundamental texts of the Algerian Revolution that have appeared from the time independence was gained until the constitution was adopted, It also contains the most important speeches of Ben Bella, documents on the trade unions, the first experiences under self-management, etc.
An appendix contains declarations by former leaders of the FLN [Front de Liberation National] who broke at various stages with the present leadership of the Revolution.
In his introduction, Livio Maitan analyzes the crisis of the summer of 1962, examines all the measures taken by the Ben Bella government from the month of October 1962 up to June 1963, underlines the significance of the Algerian Revolution in its process of transition toward socialism, indicates the structural and political limits that remain and concludes on the historic importance of independent Algeriats first year,
This is the first publication of its kind to appear in Europe since the liberation of Algeria, -
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