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. We Trained Them, We Arranged For The Weapons To Reach Them, We Created Networks.
Colonialism Is Known In Its Primitive Form, That Is To Say, By The Permanent Settling Of Repressive Foreign Powers, With An Army, Services, Policies. This Phase Has Known Cruel Colonial Occupations Which Have Lasted 300 Years In Indonesia.
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.
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.
My Life Has Been A Bit Special, This Is True. I Participated In The Liberation Of My Country. I Was One Of The Organisers Of Its Struggle For Liberation. I Likewise Actively Participated In All The Struggles For Liberation.
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.
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.
I Am A Muslim Arab, In My Actions Oriented Very To The Left, In My Convictions.
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. I'm 90 Years Old Now, And My Motivation Hasn't Changed; It's The Same Fervour That Drives Me.
