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.
AHMED BEN BELLAWe were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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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.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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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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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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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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