‘Welcome to Morocco, we grind people here!’ The masses are striking back with anger against the regime of King Mohamed VI.
Morocco: Crime and Punishment - repression of the march of the trainee teachers This report was originally sent to us on January 14th as the movement of the trainee teachers in Morocco was beginning. Since then, the struggle of trainee teachers against the decrees has continued. In response to the intransigence of the government, the National Coordination of Trainee Teachers called for a national march in Rabat on Sunday, January 24th.
Morocco - Solidarity needed against the repression of student teachers Thursday 7th of January 2016, will be remembered in Morocco as "Black Thursday".
Morocco: The Communist 15 is out! The 15th issue of the Moroccan Marxist paper The Communist is out. In this issue you can read about: The attitude of Marxists towards elections, report from the 2015 IMT world school and the medical students protest in Morocco. Download the PDF of the issue here.
Morocco: The Communist issue number 12 is out! The 12th edition of The Communist - journal of the Moroccan section of the IMT - is out!
Morocco: A Balance Sheet of Two Years of Struggle against the Dictatorship and Exploitation - ‘The Dictatorship of the Monarchy can be overthrown through the Class Struggle’ Two years ago, on February 20th, 2011, a wave of protests began against the Moroccan regime. Was it just about imitating the events in Tunisia and Egypt or do young people and workers from Morocco have their own reasons to take to the streets?
9th edition of The Communist - paper of the Moroccan section of the IMT The ninth edition of The Communist, paper of the Moroccan section of the IMT, is out! This new edition contains articles on the new government budget, the uprising of the masses in the Sidi Youssef Ben Ali neighbourhood in Marrakech, the meaning of the imperialist intervention in Mali, and the future of the left student movement.
Morocco: 8th edition of The Communist out now! New edition (nr 8) of The Communist, the paper of the Moroccan section of the IMT, is out now.
Morocco: Bouazar miners stand up against the bosses and the state Since yesterday, October 10th almost 300 miners have started a strike of 48 hours with occupation of the pit (see article in local press – in Arabic).They are all members of the Energy and Mines branch of the CDT union in Taznakhte and Agdze. The mine is property of ONA, a tentacular business group of the King Mohammed 6
Video: Morocco - Video of funeral of comrade Anas Benani in Tetouan The comrades from the 20F movement and the AMDH, the human rights organisation made this video in honour of comrade Anas Benani, member of the Communist League of Action and leader of the 20F youth movement against the dictatorship.
Obituary – Anas Benani, a young revolutionary fighter. A bright young revolutionary has gone. Anas Benani, alias Yayha Benhamza died in a bus accident Sunday on his way to a football match of his favourite team the ‘Maghreb de Tétouan’. A car accident is rarely an accident on the Moroccan roads. It is probably one of the most predictable things to happen when driving in the country.
Morocco: Uprising in the villages of the Rif – an important shift in consciousness The title of an article on the internet, “The harira [traditional Moroccan soup] simmers on a low fire”, sums up very well the slow but stubborn spreading of the revolt to the smaller towns in the mountainous area of the Rif.
Morocco: Revolt in the city of Beni Bouayach – Solidarity appeal against the ferocious repression The city of Bni Bouayach in the mountainous area of the Northern Rif in Morocco has been sealed off since Wednesday, March 8. All the repressive organs of the state, the army, the gendarmerie together with the secret and public police, have joined forces to blockade the small city. The inhabitants live in fear of police terror and the raiding of houses and arrests. Other repressive forces are hunting down activists who fled into the neighbouring mountains to escape arrest. The media black-out is total.
Moroccan legislative elections: large scale abstention reveals widespread popular defiance Last Friday, 25th November, the Moroccan dictatorship organised sham elections for its puppet parliament. These legislative elections can only be understood as an attempt at survival on the part of the capitalist monarchy. The regime is desperately in search of a new legitimacy, but it failed miserably.
A balance sheet of eight months of revolutionary struggle in Morocco We interviewed the young comrades of the Communist League of Action who speak out on how the Arab spring has affected the Kingdom of Morocco. They explain how it has deeply shaken the regime, and most importantly that “the movement has also rid the masses of the feeling of fear and transferred it to the other camp, the camp of the ruling class and its parties and repressive apparatus.”