The Algerian People's Party (French, Parti du Peuple Algerien, PPA), was a successor organization of the North African Star (Étoile Nord-Africaine), led by veteran Algerian nationalist Messali Hadj. It was formed in 1937 with assistance from the French Communist Party (Parti Communiste Français, PCF) but always more nationalist than marxist in its ideology. Despite using peaceful methods of protest, group was banned by French colonial authorities in Algeria. Former crewmembers of the battleship Missouri pose for photos shortly after the Anniversary of the End of World War II ceremony, held aboard the famous ship. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution. ... Messali Hadj (مصالي الحاج) was the founder of the Mouvement National Algérien, an early Algerian nationalist group and rival of the Front de Libération Nationale. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Marxism refers to the philosophy and social theory based on Karl Marxs work on one hand, and to the political practice based on Marxist theory on the other hand (namely, parts of the First International during Marxs time, communist parties and later states). ... An ideology is a collection of ideas. ... Pith helmet of the Second French Empire. ...

After being banned, the PPA on Messali's directions created the Special Organization (Organisation Spéciale) to conduct clandestine activities and prepare for militant struggle; however, by the time this nebulous group had converted itself into the National Liberation Front (Front de la Libération Nationale, FLN) and launched the Algerian War of Independence in 1954, Messali Hadj had lost control of the movement. His own resistance group, a second PPA sucessor by the name of the Algerian National Movement (Mouvement National Algérien, MNA) was marginalized during the eight years of war, and attacked and destroyed by the FLN both in Algeria and during the "café wars" in France. The National Liberation Front , (Arabic: Jabhat al-TaḩrÄ«r al-WaÅ£anÄ«, French: Front de Libération Nationale aka FLN) is a socialist political party in Algeria. ... Combatants FLN (1954-62) MNA (1954-62) France (1954-62) FAF (1960-61) OAS (1961-62) Commanders Mostefa Benboulaïd Ferhat Abbas Hocine Aït Ahmed Ahmed Ben Bella Krim Belkacem Larbi Ben MHidi Rabah Bitat Mohamed Boudiaf Messali Hadj General Jacques Massu General Maurice Challe Bachaga Said Boualam... A resistance movement is a group dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country. ... The Mouvement National Algérien or MNA (French, Algerian National Movement) was a socialist organization working for the independence of Algeria from France. ... The Café Wars took place during the Algerian War of Independence, as a part of the internal fighting in France between two rival Algerian nationalist movements, the MNA and the FLN (which later became the ruling political party in independent Algeria). ...