I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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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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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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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’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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Algeria is not breaking up.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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, 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.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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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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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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