Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies.
AHMED BEN BELLAEverywhere 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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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 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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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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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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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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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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