Bulletin N°60 2025 A wave of revolt has been sweeping across Morocco for several weeks. The cause is the deplorable state of public services, with dilapidated hospitals and schools. In this situation, which has persisted since Morocco gained its independence, the monarchy's decision to allocate enormous sums to the construction of stadiums to host the FIFA World Cup was the final provocation that ignited the powder keg.
It was young people from working-class backgrounds who launched the movement, the so-called "Generation Z." Thousands of young people have demonstrated and continue to demonstrate across the country with a clear slogan: "We don't want a World Cup, we want healthcare." The healthcare system is on the verge of collapse: patients are dying in hospitals, including six pregnant women at Hassan II Hospital in Agadir. Survivors of the 2023 earthquake are still living in makeshift camps. Youth unemployment is rampant (36.7% among 15-24 year olds), accompanied by widespread job insecurity and a lack of prospects.
The protest demands health, education, dignity and an end to corruption.
But very quickly, the young people were joined by others. We can no longer speak of Generation Z or Generation X. A large-scale revolt is underway in Morocco, and everyone is participating: the old, the young, women, and children. The unbearable situation of Moroccans is creating anger that will be difficult to quell without real action.
But the monarchical state, as is its wont, responds with repression: demonstrations brutally dispersed, phones confiscated, arrests made, and a media blackout imposed. Documented instances of police violence nevertheless circulate. In Agadir, two demonstrators were killed by live ammunition from the Moroccan police. Activists from a genuine opposition are also victims of intense police repression, such as Nabila Mounib, leader of the PSU (a left-wing party that emerged from the former USFP).
This repression has not stopped the revolt. Demonstrators have attacked police stations, and the governor's office in Taroudant Province has been set on fire.
Another way to ignore the protests is through a complete media blackout, both in Morocco and in its former colonizer, France. Very few people in France are speaking out on the issue. A consensus is emerging to defend the tyrannical kingdom and its significant ties to the Zionist colonial state.
At one point, one of the solutions considered by those in power was to make a scapegoat: the government. But increasingly, protesters are pointing the finger at the regime and King Mohammed VI. The Moroccan people know that the King is ultimately responsible in Morocco. He appoints, decides everything in the country, and gives the orders. Governments are merely pawns. Moroccans are particularly outraged by the opulence in which the King and his entourage live. €657,000 a day: that's what the King of Morocco costs taxpayers.
Of course, the king's supporters are either trying to label the protesters as scum and call for widespread repression, or claiming that the demonstrators respect the king and are appealing to him. The king, for his part, attempted a diversion in the form of a tribute to his late father, which backfired all the more because it brought back memories of times when the repression was even more brutal.
This movement does not distract us from the just cause of the Sahrawi people, colonized by the Kingdom of Morocco. The current uprising in Morocco cannot be understood without addressing Western Sahara . The two struggles are linked by the same system of repression and exploitation. What the Moroccan working class experiences today—repression, injustice, and the plundering of resources—the Sahrawi people have been facing for decades.
The protests continue amid total censorship and a shameful silence from the French media. On the ground, young protesters are circumventing censorship by using Discord and social media to coordinate and share videos and testimonies.
The Revolutionary Communist Party fully supports the desires for emancipation, freedom and a genuine public service of the Moroccan working classes.
Bulletin N°60 2025 For the past two weeks, several European countries have been dealing with overflights of mysterious, unidentified drones over sensitive sites. Munich Airport disrupted its operations due to an overflight of unknown, pilotless aircraft. This follows a series of similar incidents in Denmark, Norway, and Poland.
Bulletin N°60 2025 After the humiliation suffered by Netanyahu at the UN, the US president, in order to get the Zionist colonial entity, which is one of his main allies, out of its situation condemned by more and more people in the world, has pulled a joker out of his sleeve, a plan for a so-called "eternal peace" in the Near and Middle East.
Bulletin N°59 2025 Georges Abdallah was recently interviewed by theonline media Palestine Chronicle , at his home in Kobayat. His contribution is, from the point of view of the Revolutionary Communist Party, essential to the Communists and to all those who want to get an idea of the colonial situation in Palestine and the prospects for national liberation. We will detail the thread of his thought, in particular on the question of the Palestinian national project, by giving large extracts from this meeting [1] .