The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
AHMED BEN BELLAColonialism 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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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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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 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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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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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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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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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