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.
AHMED BEN BELLAI’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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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 was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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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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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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