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.
AHMED BEN BELLAIn the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well.
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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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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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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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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 spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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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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