Abbreviations
| AGTA |
Amicale Générale des Travailleurs Algériens General Association of Algerian Workers [organised by FLN]. |
| ALN |
Armée de Libération Nationale National Liberation Army [military wing of FLN]. |
| ARAC |
Association Républicaine des Anciens Combattants Republican Association of Ex-Servicemen [ex-servicemen’s association]. |
| ATTAC |
Association pour la Taxation des Transactions financières et pour l’Action Citoyenne Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Citizens’ Action [founded 1998]. |
| BDIC |
Bibliothèque de Documentation Internationale Contemporaine Library of International Contemporary Documentation [Nanterre]. |
| CCI |
Comité Communiste Internationaliste pour la Construction de la IVe Internationale Internationalist Communist Committee for the Construction of the Fourth International. |
| CDRN |
Comité de Défense de la Race Nègre Committee for the Defence of the Negro Race [1926]. |
| CERMTRI |
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Mouvements Trotskyste et Révolutionnaires Internationaux Centre for Study and Research on International Trotskyist and Revolutionary Movements [Paris]. |
| CFTC |
Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens French Confederation of Christian Workers [Catholic Trade-Union Federation]. |
| CFDT |
Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail French Democratic Confederation of Labour [founded 1964]. |
| CGT |
Confédération Générale du Travail General Confederation of Labour [founded 1895]. |
| CGTU |
Confédération Générale du Travail Unitaire Unitary General Confederation of Labour [1922–36]. |
| CNT |
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo National Confederation of Labour [Spain, founded 1910]. |
| CRUA |
Comité Révolutionnaire d’Unité et d’Action Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action. |
| DST |
Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire Directorate of Territorial Surveillance [1944–2008]. |
| ENA |
Étoile Nord-Africaine North African Star [1926–37]. |
| FA |
Fédération Anarchiste Anarchist Federation. |
| FCL |
Fédération Communiste Libertaire Libertarian Communist Federation. |
| FIARI |
Fédération Internationale de l’Art Révolutionnaire Indépendant International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Art [founded 1938]. |
| FLN |
Front de Libération Nationale National Liberation Front [Algeria, founded 1954]. |
| FO |
Force Ouvrière Workers’ Strength [split from CGT 1948]. |
| FTP-MOI |
Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Main d’Oeuvre Immigrée Irregulars and Partisans Immigrant Labour Force. |
| FUA |
Front Universitaire Antifasciste University Antifascist Front. |
| IFOP |
Institut Français d’Opinion Publique French Institute of Public Opinion [polling organisation]. |
| IFTU |
International Federation of Trade Unions [1919–45 The Amsterdam International]. |
| ITUCNW |
International Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers [founded 1928]. |
| IWMA |
The International Workingmen’s Association [The First International 1864–74]. |
| JS |
Jeunesses Socialistes Socialist Youth [SFIO youth organisation]. |
| KPD |
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands Communist Party of Germany [founded 1919]. |
| LCR |
Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire Revolutionary Communist League [Fourth International 1974–2009]. |
| LDRN |
Ligue de Défense de la Race Nègre League for the Defence of the Negro Race. |
| MLP |
Mouvement de Libération du Peuple People’s Liberation Movement [French Christian workers organisation]. |
| MNA |
Mouvement National Algérien Algerian National Movement [Algerian nationalist movement led by Messali Hadj, rival of FLN]. |
| MOI |
Main d’Oeuvre Immigrée Immigrant Labour Force. |
| MRP |
Mouvement Républicain Populaire Popular Republican Movement [French Christian Democrats 1944–67]. |
| MTLD |
Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques Mouvement for the Triumph of Democratic Freedoms [legal wing of the PPA]. |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization [founded 1949]. |
| NPA |
Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste New Anticapitalist Party [founded 2009]. |
| OAS |
Organisation Armée Secrète Secret Army Organisation [against Algerian independence]. |
| PCA |
Parti Communiste Algérien Algerian Communist Party. |
| PCF |
Parti Communiste Français French Communist Party [founded 1920]. |
| PCI |
Parti Communiste Internationaliste Internationalist Communist Party [Trotskyist: founded 1944]. |
| POF |
Parti Ouvrier Français French Workers’ Party [founded 1880]. |
| POI |
Parti Ouvrier Internationaliste Internationalist Workers’ Party [Trotskyist 1936–44]. |
| POSR |
Parti Ouvrier Socialiste Révolutionnaire Workers’ Revolutionary Socialist Party [1890–1905]. |
| POUM |
Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista Workers’ Party of Marxist Unity [Spanish left anti-Stalinist party]. |
| PPA |
Parti du Peuple Algérien Algerian People’s Party [founded 1937]. |
| PS |
Parti Socialiste Socialist Party [founded 1969]. |
| PSA |
Parti Socialiste Autonome Autonomous Socialist Party [founded 1958]. |
| PSOP |
Parti Socialiste Ouvrier et Paysan Workers’ and Peasants’ Socialist Party [1938–40]. |
| PSU |
Parti Socialiste Unifié United Socialist Party [founded 1960]. |
| RDR |
Rassemblement Démocratique Révolutionnaire Revolutionary Democratic Alliance [1948–9]. |
| RILU |
Red International of Labour Unions [1921–1937]. |
| RPF |
Rassemblement du peuple français Alliance of the French People [Gaullist, 1947–55]. |
| SCALP |
Sections Carrément Anti-Le Pen Solidly Anti-Le Pen Sections. |
| SFIO |
Section Française de l’Internationale Ouvrière French Section of the Workers’ International [French Socialist Party 1905–1971]. |
| SouB |
Socialisme ou Barbarie Socialism or Barbarism [1948–67]. |
| SPD |
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social Democratic Party of Germany [founded 1875]. |
| STO |
Service du Travail Obligatoire Compulsory Labour Service [1942–44]. |
| SWP |
Socialist Workers Party [Britain]. |
| TPPS |
Toujours Prêts Pour Servir Always Ready to Serve [founded 1935]. |
| UDSR |
Union Démocratique et Socialiste de la Résistance Democratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance [1945–1964]. |
| UEC |
Union des Étudiants Communistes Union of Communist Students. |
| UGS |
Union de la Gauche Socialiste Union of the Socialist Left [founded 1957]. |
| UGTA |
Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens General Association of Algerian Workers [FLN trade-union body]. |
| UIC |
Union Inter-coloniale Intercolonial Union. |
| UJRF |
Union des Jeunesses Républicaines de France French Union of Republican Youth. |
| UKIP |
United Kingdom Independence Party [founded 1993]. |
| UNEF |
Union Nationale des Étudiants de France French National Students’ Union. |
| USA |
United States of America. |
| USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [1922–91]. |
| VE |
Victory in Europe [VE Day 8 May 1945]. |
| VO |
La Vie Ouvrière Workers’ Life [founded 1909]. |
| VO |
Voix Ouvrière Workers’ Voice [founded 1956]. |