Algeria is not breaking up.
AHMED BEN BELLAYes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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 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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Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
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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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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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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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