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.
AHMED BEN BELLAThe 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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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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 was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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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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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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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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