We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
AHMED BEN BELLAI 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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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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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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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 am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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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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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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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’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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