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 was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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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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In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well.
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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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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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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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, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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