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Earth  \nFrantz Fanon  \n一  \nA DYING COLONIALISM  \nTranslated from the French byHaakon ChevalierWith an Introduction byAdolfo Gilly  \nGROVE PRESS  \nNew York  \n一  —  \nEnglish translation copyright C1965 by Monthly ReviewPress  \nPreface  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced inany form or by any electronic or mechanical means,or thefacilitation thereof,including information storage and retrievalsystems,without permission in writing from the publisher,except by a reviewer,who may quote brief passages in areview.Any members of educational institutions wishing tophotocopy part or all of the work for classroom use,orpublishers who would like to obtain permission to include thework in an anthology,should send their inquiries toGrove/Atlantic,Inc.,841 Broadway,New York,NY 10003  \nFirst published as Studies in a Dying Colonialism  \nOriginally published in France as L'An Cinq,de la RévolutionAlgérienne C1959 by Francois Maspero  \nPublished simultaneously in CanadaPrinted in the United States of America  \nISBN-10:0-8021-5027-6  \nISBN-13:978-0-8021-5027-1  \nGrove Press  \nan imprint of Grove/Atlantic,Inc.841 BroadwayNew York,NY 10003  \nDistributed by Publishers Group West  \nwww.groveatlantic.com  \n070809101112  262  \nContents  \n1  \nIntroduction  \n23  \n1.Algeria Unveiled35Appendix64  \n2.This is the Voice of Algeria69  \n3.The Algerian Family99  \n4.Medicine and Colonialism121  \n5.Algeria’s European Minority147Appendix I163Appendix II176Conclusion179  \n# Introduction\n\nRevolution is mankind's way of life today.This is the age ofrevolution;the“age of indifference”is gone forever.But thelatter age paved the way for today;for the great masses of man-kind,while still suffering the greatest oppression and the great-est affronts to their dignity as human beings,never ceased toresist,to ight as well as they could,to live in combat.Thecombatant dignity of humanity was maintained in an unbreak-able though not always visible line,in the depths of the life ofthe masses and in the uninterrupted fight-slandered,attacked,but alive in the very center of history-of little revolutionaryvanguards bound to this profound human reality and to itssocialist future,and not to the apparent omnipotence of greatsystems.  \nToday the great systems have died or are living in a state ofcrisis.And it is no longer the age of little vanguards.The wholeof humanity has erupted violently,tumultuously onto the stageof history,taking its own destiny in its hands.Capitalism isunder siege,surrounded by a global tide of revolution.And thisrevolution,still without a center,without a precise form,has itsown laws,its own life and a depth of unity-accorded it by thesame masses who create it,who live it,who inspire each otherfrom across boundaries,give each other spirit and encourage-ment,and learn from their collective experiences.  \nThis revolution is changing humanity.In the revolutionarystruggle,the immense,oppressed masses of the colonies andsemi-colonies feel that they are a part of life for the first time.Life acquires a sense,a transcendence,an object:to end exploi-tation,to govern themselves by and for themselves,to constructa way of life.The armed struggle breaks up the old routine lifeof the countryside and villages,excites,exalts,and opens wide  \nA DYING COLONIALISM  \nthe doors of the future.Liberation does not come as a gift fromanybody;it is seized by the masses with their own hands.Andby seizing it they themselves are transformed;confidence intheir own strength soars,and they turn their energy and theirexperience to the tasks of building,governing,and decidingtheir own lives for themselves.  \nThis is the climate in which the immense majority of man-kind lives today in one way or another.Algeria has been,andcontinues to be,one of the great landmarks in this global battle.And Frantz Fanon's book bears witness to Algeria's role.  \nThe book continues 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