These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.
AHMED BEN BELLAThis phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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I’m optimistic because I’m pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death.
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Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries – like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain – to occupy countries outside of Europe.
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Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d’etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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In two years, there were 22 military coups d’etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d’etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path.
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won’t be easy.
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At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
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