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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.

Ahmed Ben Bella

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.
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Country Fighting Freedom Participate
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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Become Companies Global Good Manifest Multinational Serve System
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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Agree Country Little May Unity Vain World
I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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Changed Drive Motivation Ninty Now Same Year
This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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Country Known Late Occupation Phase Primitive Year
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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Participate People Something Support Thinking
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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Army Country Fight Fighting French Liberation Movement Organization
We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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Country Five People Size Some Ten Territory Throughout Time
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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Country Easy Lawful Obvious State War
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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Age Cities Country Live Peasant Son Young
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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Beginning Capital Capitalist Development Global
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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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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Barely Colonisation Country Moment Overcome Precise Several Supported
I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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Four Half Prison Spent Twenty Year
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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Liberation Likewise Organizer Participate Struggle
I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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Action Community Conviction Left Orientated Religion

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