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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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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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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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