In 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.
AHMED BEN BELLAEverywhere 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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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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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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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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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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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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 not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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