Political, economic and social, Morocco is undergoing a profound crisis: public education
failed, rampant racism, living conditions more difficult for the popular classes. ---- Not
easy to live in Morocco for the popular classes: the cost of living continues to rise,
while wages do not follow the same curve, public services are down or virtually
non-existent in some areas. In August there was a increase of almost 6% of the price of
milk, which proves that economic growth and affluence by the vaunted power are far from
benefiting the entire population. Much of Moroccans and Moroccan still face poverty and
discrimination, and this is even more true for those who come from poorer countries.
Popular education initiatives
National education has become a fair in dough. All social classes, Moroccan families opt
for private education, because public education has become a ghost that does not even
guarantee the minimum of the right to know. This situation is the result of years of
corruption and budget cuts dictated by the IMF. From this was born a year ago the
collective UECSE (Student Union to change the education system): he fights for a public
education system that is accessible especially to the poorest social classes, and
guaranteeing the right to know and quality training. Among the actions that this group
participates or initiates that include time of collective reading in public spaces: the
action is very well received across the country by the young, but is repressed in some
cities. In addition, there is the organization, recently a popular university philosophy
every Thursday evening this popular university, which demonstrated a sustained level and
openness to everyone, implements collective and constructive thinking in a revolutionary
mood and open to ideas.
Morocco, ramparts of Fortress Europe
Racism against people from African countries south of Morocco begins to speak without
shame, in a society still steeped in denial. In the month of August there was a deadly
attack on a passenger bus in a Senegalese nationality: while it was sitting in the seat
indicated on the ticket, individuals had asked him to change positions, that he had
refused. This situation is the result of the security delegation of the European Union and
agreements with Morocco to dam migration flows to Europe. Consequently, people from
sub-Saharan Africa to seek European Eldorado, find themselves stuck in Morocco. To handle
this, the Moroccan state burns encampments of black people wanting to go to Europe:
several deaths were recorded during these interventions in the forests north of the country.
The Government of PJD (Justice and Development) through a difficult crisis, and still
fails to create a coalition government majority. This crisis is due to aggressive sabotage
makhzen (the monarchy and his entourage), which is now expressed through the Independence
Party and its secretary general Shabbat. While the party was a member of the government
coalition with the PJD since the last election in November 2011, he decided to leave it a
few months ago. Since it is tough to PJD, as the latter, despite his royalist zeal, did
not meet the makhzen!
Marouane Taharouri (AL Paris West)
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