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.
AHMED BEN BELLAThose who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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 spent 24 and a half years in prison
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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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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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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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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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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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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