This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
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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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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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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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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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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’m optimistic because I’m pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death.
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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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