Solidarity with the popular mobilization of the Rif

The Rif population, organized in local committees, is demanding legal judgment of those responsible for this death as well as five other Riffians killed in a local bank during the events of 20 February 2011. It also calls for the lifting of the militarization of the province of Al Hoceima, halting the prosecution and harassment of small-scale farmers, and raises other social demands on health services, education and infrastructure that are lacking for the population. This is a clear indication of the failure of the economic and social policies promoted by the Moroccan government to repay its enormous public debt, manifested by the destruction of the productive fabric, the plundering of maritime and forest resources, the weakness of the main public services and the lack of employment for young people.

These neoliberal policies for the benefit of big foreign and local capital dictated by the international financial and trade institutions and the governments of the imperialist powers are being implemented by corrupt Moroccan institutions that are not at all democratic. The various governmental, security and media organs of the monarchical system seek to silence the voice of the Riffian population, to criminalize the protest movement and to undermine its credibility so that it does not serve as an example for other cities and regions of Morocco who live in the same conditions of marginalization, impoverishment and dignity.

- We salute the struggle of the Riffian people, their organization from below, their creativity and determination, as well as the forces that support this struggle in Morocco.

– Long live the struggle for freedom, dignity and social justice!

Paris 29 May 2017