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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.

Ahmed Ben Bella

I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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Four Half Prison Spent Twenty Year
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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Colonialism Country Drive Ideas Occupy West Western
I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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Left Marxist Myself Place
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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Become Companies Global Good Manifest Multinational Serve System
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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Country Essential Military World Year
Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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Born Life Origin Parents
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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Bad Create Misery Past Poverty South Speke Victim
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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Agreed Authority Coup Everywhere Freedom Leader Military National Struggle Triumph
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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Army Colonialism Foreign Form Permanent Power Primitive Repressive Setting Year
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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Country Easy Lawful Obvious State War
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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Capable Government Military Optimistic Religion
I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.
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Participate People Something Support Thinking
Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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Different Once Parties Party Power
This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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Country Known Late Occupation Phase Primitive Year
My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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Country Liberation Participate Special Struggle
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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Country Fighting Freedom Participate

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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