The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
AHMED BEN BELLAThose who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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 am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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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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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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