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.
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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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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 accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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 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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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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