When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
AHMED BEN BELLAThe 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.
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Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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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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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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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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I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.
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