The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all.
AHMED BEN BELLAColonialism 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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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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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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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