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  • ‘The FLN’s objective on 17 October was to prove that the masses were behind it’

    ‘The FLN’s objective on 17 October was to prove that the masses were behind it’

    Sixty years ago this month, French police massacred an estimated two hundred Algerians in Paris during a peaceful demonstration in support of an independent Algeria. At the FLN's request, Renault factory workers and leftist activists Clara and Henri Benoits attended the demonstration as observers. They recount what they witnessed in this fascinating interview.