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 BELLAIn 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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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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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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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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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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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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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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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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