Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
AHMED BEN BELLAI spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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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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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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.
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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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