The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
AHMED BEN BELLAI 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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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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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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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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’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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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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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