It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won’t be easy.
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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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 spent 24 and a half years in prison
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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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 a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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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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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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