I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
AHMED BEN BELLAI am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies.
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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 spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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