African Revolutionary Writers, Part 9b
Ahmed Ben Bella with Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella is an Algerian
Revolutionary and freedom fighter, 3rd President of Algeria
(1963-1965), born in 1918, now aged 93.
The main downloadable document linked below is an interview
with Ben Bella done in 2006.
Of course it would be preferable to have a political
pamphlet, speech, or article for a theoretical journal written by the comrade’s
own hand. But this is a good substitute.
You will see that Ben Bella interacted with both Cabral and
Mandela. Says Ben Bella:
“Mr. Mandela and Mr.
Amilcar Cabral themselves came to Algeria. It’s me who coached them; afterwards
they returned to lead the fight for freedom in their countries. For other
movements, which were not involved in a military fight and who needed only
political support, such as Mali, we helped in other ways.”
You will see that Che Guevara was also there at one stage.
In 2003, Ben Bella went into action again and was elected to
lead the International Campaign Against Aggression on Iraq. We all failed to
stop that war. Ben Bella, old as he already was, did more than most.
Viva, Ben Bella, Viva!
Please
download and read the text via this link:
Further reading:
Samir Amin, 2004, The American
Ideology (3214 words)
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