DailyRadical

The coup in Algiers by General
Massu paved the way in France for the rise of General de Gaulle to
power without shooting a bullet. Ted Grant exposed the role of the
Socialist and Communist leaders who appealed to the capitalist state
to take action against the insurgents instead of mobilising and
arming the workers, and tail-ended Pfimlin to defend the
democratic institutions , thus politically disarming the French
workers in the face of the shameful capitulation of Pfimlin to the
Generals.