Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
AHMED BEN BELLAPeace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
AHMED BEN BELLALet us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
AHMED BEN BELLAWhen I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
AHMED BEN BELLAThe French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
AHMED BEN BELLAAlgeria 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.
AHMED BEN BELLAI accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
AHMED BEN BELLAI’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
AHMED BEN BELLAThe 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.
AHMED BEN BELLAMy life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
AHMED BEN BELLAThis phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
AHMED BEN BELLAThis has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
AHMED BEN BELLAColonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries – like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain – to occupy countries outside of Europe.
AHMED BEN BELLAI spent 24 and a half years in prison
AHMED BEN BELLAAlgeria is not breaking up.
AHMED BEN BELLAAt 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.
AHMED BEN BELLAYes, 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.
AHMED BEN BELLA