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Tunisia: Siliana and the Heritage of Farhat Hached Sixty Years After His Assassination

Sixty years ago on this date, December 5, 1952, Farhat Hached, legitimately considered the key founder and father of the independent Tunisian trade union movement was assassinated by agents of French colonialism. But the movement that he was so instrumental in creating and shaping, the Union General des Travailleurs Tunisien

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Tunisia: Siliana and the Heritage of Farhat Hached Sixty Years After His Assassination

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