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.
AHMED BEN BELLAWe trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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 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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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