I spent 24 and a half years in prison
AHMED BEN BELLAThose who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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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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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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’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 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 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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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