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.
AHMED BEN BELLAI 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.
More Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
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Algeria 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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In two years, there were 22 military coups d’etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d’etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path.
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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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Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies.
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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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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 was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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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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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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