الفكر الاستقلالي في الحركة الوطنية الجزائرية من البداية و لغاية سنة 1951 و ردود الفعل الاستعمارية

Abstract EN

The liberal thought has appeared early in Algeria in comparison with the Northern African countries (Tunisia and Morocco).

The national political parties in these two countries were calling for reforms while (the star of North Africa) which was established in 1926 and the Algerian Population Party which succeeded it in March 11th, 1937 called for the liberation of Algeria in particular and the Northern African countries in general.

The principals of the liberal thought have been embodied through several means via the political activities which (the star of North Africa) and the Algerian Population Party have done, such as organizing popular demonstrations in Algeria and France that called for the full independence of Algeria and the Northern African countries, founding the national newspapers that expressed the thoughts of the liberal current in Algeria, and forming national alliances to support the national struggle and to confront the colonial policy.

Also, one of the most important events in the struggle, which was considered as a turning point in the history of the liberation movement in Algeria, was the essential role played by the leaders of the Algerian Population Party in the mobilization of the Algerian people to participate in the demonstrations of May 1945 which called for independence.

After that, the second generation of nationalists who believed in the revolutionary thought has appeared, so that the Victory Movement of the Democratic Liberties has been established in 1946, which embodied that thought in reality on different levels of struggle both politically and militarily.

Thus, they organized huge popular demonstrations, presented petitions against the colonial politics, participated in the elections of the municipality and the parliament, founded the special organization in 1947, and established national alliances like the Algerian Front to defend freedom and respect it in 1951.