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.
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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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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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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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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16.
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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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