Thursday, April 12, 2012

AHMED BEN BELLA: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE

BEN BELLA WELCOMES CHE TO ALGERIA
Those leftists of my generation will remember the name Ahmed Ben Bella.  Ben Bella helped lead the anti-colonial Algerian Revolution which sent the French packing.  


Then he just kept on fighting.


Ahmed Ben Bella died yesterday at the age of 95.


Ben Bella's life is truly remarkable and should be remembered and shared with future generations.


Rather than me blathering on, I think I will present first a short biography from Britain's Socialist Worker and follow that with an interview with the man from back in 2006.  Some of the interview is, of course, out of date, but all of it remains relvent.  I found the interview at Tlaxcala.


Again, this was one remarkable life.


Ahmed Ben Bella: 1918-2012


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