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  The invisible factory of the Algerian revolution

*13* //Mar 2021

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/In researching the biography of Michel Raptis, known as Pablo in the 
Trotskyist Fourth International, I came across Dimitris Livieratos’ 
account of the arms factory Pablo ‘authored’ in Morocco during a grim 
phase of the Algerian War when the Algerians were starved of arms. For a 
man who professed Tolstoyan-Christian attitudes towards violence that 
was quite a step politically. That’s another story. Then there were all 
the organisational difficulties and dangers – this was a time when the 
French version of the CIA were busy killing collaborators with the 
Algerians. Livieratos’ little book gives easily the best account of this 
relatively unknown chapter in the Algerian revolution. in its way it is 
a minor classic. Here are some notes on the book… /

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Dimitris Livieratos, a Greek comrade of Pablo’s, served as the chief 
organiser on the spot in Morocco and shuttled between Casablanca and 
London for his meetings with Pablo – and naturally Hellie [Pablo’s 
indomitable and outspoken wife] who was always  present. He has given us 
a frank and episodic account of the whole experience of setting up the 
factory producing submachine guns.^[1] 
<https://21229469-9391-4059-A787-1C1226807290#_edn1>. It was originally 
written in the mid-1960s on the basis of notes he’d made in 1961 but not 
published until 2001. The original was in Greek and it wasn’t until 2012 
that a French version appeared.

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