I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
AHMED BEN BELLAThis has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it’s from there that all those who fought left.
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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 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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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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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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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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