ived ▁rac ist ▁killing ▁of ▁Arab ▁migr ant ▁De j ell ali ▁Ben ▁Ali . ▁In ▁this ▁he ▁worked ▁alongside ▁his ▁old ▁rival ▁S art re , ▁the ▁journalist ▁Claude ▁Maur iac , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁literary ▁hero es , ▁Jean ▁Gen et . ▁This ▁campaign ▁was ▁formal ised ▁as ▁the ▁Committee ▁for ▁the ▁Def ence ▁of ▁the ▁Rights ▁of ▁Im migr ants , ▁but ▁there ▁was ▁t ension ▁at ▁their ▁meet ings ▁as ▁Fou ca ult ▁opposed ▁the ▁anti - Is ra eli ▁sentiment ▁of ▁many ▁Arab ▁workers ▁and ▁Ma o ist ▁activ ists . ▁At ▁a ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁protest ▁against ▁the ▁police ▁killing ▁of ▁Al ger ian ▁worker ▁Moh amm ad ▁Di ab , ▁both ▁Fou ca ult ▁and ▁Gen et ▁were ▁arrested , ▁resulting ▁in ▁w ides p read ▁public ity . ▁Fou ca ult ▁was ▁also ▁involved ▁in ▁found ing ▁the ▁Ag ence ▁de ▁Press - Lib ération ▁( AP L ), ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁left ist ▁journal ists ▁who ▁intended ▁to ▁cover ▁news ▁stories ▁neglect ed ▁by ▁the ▁main stream ▁press . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁they ▁established ▁the ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁Lib ération , ▁and ▁Fou ca ult ▁suggested ▁that ▁they ▁establish ▁comm itte es ▁across ▁France ▁to ▁collect ▁news ▁and ▁dist ribute ▁the ▁paper , ▁and ▁advoc ated ▁a ▁column ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Chr on icle ▁of ▁the ▁Work ers ' ▁Memory " ▁to ▁allow ▁workers ▁to ▁express ▁their ▁opinions . ▁Fou ca ult ▁wanted ▁an ▁active ▁journal