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.
AHMED BEN BELLALet us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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’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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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 French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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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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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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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 trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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