FLN — Proclamation of 1 November 1954 (founding charter of the Algerian revolution)

To you who are called upon to judge us, the Algerian people in a general way, the militants more particularly, our purpose in distributing this proclamation is to enlighten you concerning the profound reasons which have impelled us to act by revealing to you our program, the meaning of our action, and the cogency of our views the goal of which remains National Independence within the North African framework.

These are, we think, sufficient reasons for a movement of renewal to present itself under the name of NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT, releasing itself in this way from all possible compromises, and offering the possibility to all Algerian patriots of all social classes, of all the purely Algerian parties and movements, to integrate themselves into the struggle for liberation, without any other consideration.

Goal: NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE by: 1. The restoration of the sovereign, democratic and social Algerian state, within the framework of Islamic principles. 2. The respect of all fundamental liberties without distinction of race or religion.

EXTERNAL OBJECTIVES: 1. The internalization of the Algerian problem. 2. The realization of North African unity within its natural Arabo-Islamic framework. 3. Within the framework of the UN Charter, the affirmation of our active sympathy with regard to all nations who support our operations for liberation.

MEANS OF STRUGGLE: In conformity with revolutionary principles, and taking into account the internal and external situations, the continuation of the struggle by all possible means until the realization of our goal.

[To France:] we propose to French authorities an honorable platform of discussion […] 1. The opening of negotiations with the authorized spokesmen of the Algerian people on the basis of the recognition of sovereignty through Algerian liberation, one and indivisible. […] 3. The recognition of Algerian nationality by an official declaration abrogating the edicts, decrees and laws making Algeria a "French land," which is a denial of the History, the geography, the language, the religion, and the mores of the Algerian people.