Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
AHMED BEN BELLAAlgeria is not breaking up.
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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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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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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 am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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 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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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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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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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