I spent 24 and a half years in prison
AHMED BEN BELLAI 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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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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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 not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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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’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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Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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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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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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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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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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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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