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.
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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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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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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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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 am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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