Revolutionary Committee for Unity and Action (in
French: ''Comité Révolutionnaire d'Unité et d'Action'') was a militant group in
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
formed in order to fight
French rule. CRUA regrouped former elements of the
OS and radical members of the
MTLD. The CRUA was founded by 33 persons.
CRUA would later evolve into the
FLN and produce the
Declaration of 1 November 1954
The "Declaration of 1 November 1954" is the first independentist appeal addressed by the National Liberation Front (Algeria), National Liberation Front (FLN) to the Algerian people, marking the start of the Algerian Revolution and the armed action ...
written by the journalist
Mohamed Aïchaoui.
Group of 22
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Mohamed Belouizdad
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Mostefa Ben Boulaïd
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Mohamed Larbi Ben M'Hidi
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Benmostefa Benaouda
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Lakhdar Bentobal
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Rabah Bitat
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Zoubir Bouadjadj
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Said Bouali
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Ahmed Bouchaïb
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Mohamed Boudiaf
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Abdelhafid Boussouf
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Lyès Deriche
Lyes Derriche (, (1928 – 2001) was an Algerian politician.
Algerian War
Lyès Deriche, the son of Mouhamed Deriche, housed in his villa in the Algerian commune of El Madania, Clos-Salembier the meeting of the Group of 22 baptized Revoluti ...
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Mourad Didouche
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Abdessalam Habachi
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Abdelkader Lamoudi
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Mohamed Mechati
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Slimane Mellah
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Mohamed Merzoughi
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Badji Mokhtar
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Abdelmalek Ramdane
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Boudjemaa Souidani
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Youcef Zighoud
See also
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Declaration of 1 November 1954
The "Declaration of 1 November 1954" is the first independentist appeal addressed by the National Liberation Front (Algeria), National Liberation Front (FLN) to the Algerian people, marking the start of the Algerian Revolution and the armed action ...
References
*Tlemcani, Rachid, ''State and Revolution in Algeria''. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986.
Arab militant groups
Background and causes of the Algerian War
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
Rebel groups in Algeria
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