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.
AHMED BEN BELLAIt is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won’t be easy.
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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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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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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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’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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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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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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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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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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 am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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