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.
AHMED BEN BELLAThis phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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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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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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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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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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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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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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