We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
AHMED BEN BELLAPeace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies.
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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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I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it’s from there that all those who fought left.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
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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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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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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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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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