In January 2005 the Appel des Indigènes de la République circulated publicly, connecting contemporary racism, unequal access to housing, work, health and education, and policing with France’s colonial...
The movement’s first march took place on 8 May, the anniversary of the 1945 Sétif and Guelma massacres in Algeria and the end of the Second World War in Europe. Organizers used the date to contest...