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.
AHMED BEN BELLA
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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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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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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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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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the 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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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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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 spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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