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.
AHMED BEN BELLAIn 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.
More Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
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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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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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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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 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 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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