Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
AHMED BEN BELLAI am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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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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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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