After a year, the return of al-Munadil/ah website (Morocco)
‘رفع راية الإشتراكية عاليا’
20 February 2011 – 20 February 2021: #FreeKoulchi’s survey.
To mark the tenth anniversary of the 20 February Movement (the Moroccan iteration of the Arab Spring protests), Al-M presents @FreeKoulchi‘s short survey of the Movement and political developments in the country since 2011. The survey serves as promotional material for a demonstration occurring today (20th) in Paris, marking the anniversary and calling for the […]
Moroccan political detainees’ families’ statement on prisoners’ co-ordinated hunger strike.
‘With all the symbolism it carries …’
Towards Democracy? In memoriam, Gilbert Naccache on ‘a revolution of a new type.’
‘… without leadership, without a vision of the state to be rebuilt, without demands any more precise than for liberty, work, and dignity’
An interview with imprisoned historian, Maati Monjib.
‘People no longer flinch out of fear of physical repression, but out of fear of defamation’
“This Alleged War”: the Algerian PST on the Maghreb’s regional crisis.
‘a struggle is raging amongst the higher rungs of power’
What happened at Guerguerat? An essay by Hassan Abennay.
“The recent events of Guerguerat are the Polisario’s cry of pain at what amounts to its political encirclement.”
‘This widespread rejection’: On Algeria’s 1 November constitutional vote.
الرفض الشعبي و التاريخي للنظام و دستوره
An interview with Hajar Raissouni: ‘Moroccans have a provisional freedom’.
‘… women’s bodies are a battleground in the country’
‘The fight for democratic freedoms’: Al-Munadilah Current on press repression in Morocco
الحرية لكافة ضحايا قمع الحريات الديمقراطية
‘We call on society’: an Algerian feminist group on rising domestic violence.
‘ … an alarmingly increase during the quarantine period’.
Against Repayment: Attac Maroc’s micro-loan petition.
‘It is the poor who finance the micro-credit institutions’
The situation in Algeria – an interview with Kamel Aïssat.
‘People are saying that the role of the Movement is, now, to face the pandemic.’
‘Real human needs’: Moroccan Marxists’ demands against capital’s pandemic.
‘إما اشتراكية او همجية’
COVID-19: ‘The Movement observes a truce’ (Algeria)
‘It is hard to remember that, only a week ago, central Algiers was thronged with people’
Nasser al-Zafzafi, Rifian leader: ‘For the nation, stay at home’.
‘In the belief that the national- prevails over personal interest …’
Al-Mounadil-a – the Moroccan state forces Marxist paper’s closure.
‘No to the throttling of freedoms of expression and the press!’
Solidarity with al-Mounadil-a against state repression! (Morocco)
‘The restrictions will not succeed in gagging voices; the advancement of technology will make a mockery of anyone that tries.’
“With the masses’ victory ends the Iranian & US presence”: the IWCP’s major January statement.
‘يا جماهير ايران و لبنان و المنطقة’
The Iraqi Worker-Communist Party’s first reaction to the assassination of Qassim Suleimani
Following is a translation of the Iraqi Worker-Communist Party’s (IWCP) initial statement on the US’ 3 January killing of Qassim Suleimani. Al-Muzāharāt will publish the IWCP’s subsequent statements over the coming week. On the current phase of the social movement in Iraq, see Schluwa Sama’s October 2019 interview with Sami Adnan, founding member of Workers […]
‘Arrest over humiliation’: Moroccan editorials on Omar Radi’s imprisonment
Last night, outside the Morocco’s parliament building, ‘hundreds of people, including journalists, militants and political personalities … took part in a demonstration against the arrest of journalist and militant Omar Radi’ (Tel Quel, 29 December). Radi is a leading investigative journalist in Morocco, whose arrest and detention on 26 December is a further escalation by […]
‘Fever Rising’ — Algeria’s unions strike
Below is a translation of El Watan’s 5 November report on various trade unions’ work-stoppages over the last week. On the development of the strike wave, see al-M’s translation, ‘Algeria’s Autonomous Unions — Striking When, for What?‘. The following translation was originally published on 9 November 2019. –– The social front is on boil. Over the […]
‘All Concerned’ — first statement of the National Movement of Algerian Feminists
‘A national feminist movement rooted in de-colonial struggles and opposition to both imperialism and capitalism’
Algeria’s Autonomous Unions — Striking When, for What?
“The labour unions that have for several months overlooked social demands have awoken”
Why was Hajar Raissouni arrested? An analysis by Rosa Moussaoui.
‘One of the Palace’s favourite procedures’
An interview with arrested Algerian student activist.
‘… a new phase of the illegitimate pouvoir’s strategy’
National Debate vs. Base Committees: competing strategies for Algeria’s Movement.
‘We therefore urge the military establishment to push towards a democratic transition and organise presidential elections as soon as possible.’
Algerian students’ defense of the ‘National Student Conference’
‘Our aim was to call out to students at other universities, to organise towards the formation of a student network.’
Algerian students’ rejection of the ‘National Student Congress’
‘… there will be no recognition of a legitimate representative or transitional program without democratic approval by the base’
Before the Revolution: an interview with Wissem Zizi, Algerian Marxist-feminist.
‘Cette fois-ci, les militantes de gauche ont un peu gagné! (Rires)’
Statement of the National Committee for the Defense of Unemployed Rights on the Algerian ‘Hirak’
‘ …. a matter of stopping the social disaster’
“Communiqué de l’Espace de résistances féminines” — a statement on women’s organising in Algeria.
‘The struggle for women’s rights is, in fact, inseparable from all the struggles for freedoms, both democratic and social.’
‘The aspirations of Algerian workers’: a union confederation’s political demands.
‘ … we called on workers to come into the streets, to mobilise.’
Algeria’s Feminist Bloc respond to 29 March attacks.
“We have not abandoned our legitimate demands …”
Algerian Feminist Bloc’s first declaration.
‘ … our determination to change the current system, in its entirety, including its sexist, its patriarchal, and misogynist elements.’
Major, Minor: an interview with a Marxist Algerian student.
“The university is at forefront of the popular movement.”
The Committee of Algiers II Students: 12 March statement
“Struggle, Struggle until the Regime Falls // Long Live Students’ Self-organisation!”
