 After discontinuing his work at the French hospital, Fanon was able to devote more of his time to aiding Algeria in its fight for Independence.In "The Wretched of the Earth" (1961, "Les damnés de la terre"), published shortly before Fanon's death, Fanon defends the right of a colonized people to use violence to gain independence.In addition, he delineated the processes and forces leading to national independence or neocolonialism during the decolonization movement that engulfed much of the world after World War II.