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.
AHMED BEN BELLAThese 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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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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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.
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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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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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 the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well.
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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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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 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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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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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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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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