We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
AHMED BEN BELLAI am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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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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 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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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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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 spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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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 not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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