This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
AHMED BEN BELLAWe were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it’s the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us.
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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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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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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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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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’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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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 am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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