This is a serious warning of the consequences of bankrupt leadership on the left, which, in blocking the road to a socialist solution, are driving the more desperate sections of society into the hands of the fundamentalists demagogues, who skilfully exploit religious doctrine to build support for their reactionary ends. Whatever the immediate perspectives, it is quite clear that the present situation cannot continue. Morocco has reached breaking point. This raises the urgent need to develop clear socialist ideas and a fighting program to defend public services, introduce proper health and education facilities in both urban and rural areas, construct decent homes, provide welfare and jobs for the poor, end state repression end eliminate discrimination against the Berber peoples. These tasks will require a decisive blow against both the predatory foreign capitalists who are buying up the country, and also against the corrupt and parasitic Moroccan ruling class and it's crowned figurehead.
Morocco is potentially a wealthy country.
A socialist Morocco, on the basis of public ownership of the economy and a democratic plan of production, linking up with the international labour movement in a common struggle against capitalism internationally, could put an end to all this suffering and guarantee a decent life for the whole people. La Riposte, French Marxist magazine February 2000 Click here for a printer-friendly version of this article.