Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
AHMED BEN BELLAI was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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 am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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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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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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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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