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.
AHMED BEN BELLALet 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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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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 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 trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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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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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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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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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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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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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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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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