In 1957 Vergès made his name defending the FLN, Algeria's National Liberation Front independence movement fighting French colonialism.
Yes, fighting against colonialism, occupation, and foreign domination have motivated Muslims to rise up on the street with the help of modern weaponry.
For example, various militiamen of the Revolutionary War were the perfect embodiment of an armed citizenry rising up to defy the tyranny of the British Crown (think Mel Gibson in the jingoistic classic The Patriot), or Teddy Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" fighting Spanish colonialism in Cuba before he became that overly macho president.
For example, various militiamen of the Revolutionary War were the perfect embodiment of an armed citizenry rising up to defy the tyranny of the British Crown (think Mel Gibson in the jingoistic classic The Patriot), or Teddy Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" fighting Spanish colonialism in Cuba before he became that overly macho president which were also basically a militia.
These are bonds created by our living together, our working together, and of our fighting together against colonialism and apartheid.
He saw no difference in fighting the bomb, colonialism, or racism.
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The heroic socialist forces of Zanu-PF are still fighting the twin evils of capitalism and colonialism.
I will pretend that it is not the same leaders who passionately fought colonialism and injustice who are now fighting their own people.
In Algeria in the 1950s he refined it, as a brand-new lawyer imbued with communism and passionate anti-colonialism, when he represented FLN terrorists fighting for independence from France.
