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 BELLAColonialism 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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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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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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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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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