Unified Socialist Party (Morocco) Explained

Unified Socialist Party
Secretary General:Jamal El Asri
Ideology:Democratic socialism
Progressivism
Left-wing nationalism
Anti-imperialism
Left-wing populism
Headquarters:9, Résidence Maréchal Ameziane, Rue Lamoricière, Casablanca
Website:https://psu.ma/
Country:Morocco
Native Name:الحزب الإشتراكي الموحد
Parti Socialiste Unifié
Leader1 Title:Secretary General
Founder:Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder
Position:Left-wing
Seats1 Title:House of Representatives

The Unified Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste Unifié, PSU; Arabic: الحزب الاشتراكي الموحد), previously known as the Party of the Unified Socialist Left (French: Parti de la Gauche Socialiste Unifiée, PGSU;), is a democratic socialist political party in Morocco.

History and profile

The Unified Socialist Party is a mixture of various movements that sprung up throughout the 1960s and 1970s. It first started with the spin-off "23 Mars" (a reference to the 23 March 1965 students' uprising), a radical, Maoist student fraction of the largest group in opposition to the Moroccan monarchy, the National Union of Popular Forces.

The Party of the Unified Socialist Left was founded by Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder in 2002.[1] The Unified Socialist Party was founded in 2005 as a merger of the Party of the Unified Socialist Left and the “Fidélité à la Démocratie” association.[2]

The party boycotted the 2011 parliamentary election.[2] In 2012, Nabila Mounib became the secretary-general of the party, and the first woman to head a political party in Morocco.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lise Storm. Democratization in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State. 10 October 2014. 29 October 2007. Routledge. 978-1-134-06738-1. 92.
  2. Web site: Morocco. European Forum. 10 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910053106/http://www.europeanforum.net/country/morocco. 10 September 2014.
  3. News: Ramdane Belamri. Moroccan Socialist Party Leader Blasts Islamists. 10 October 2014. Al Monitor. 12 September 2013.
  4. Web site: Maâti Monjib. Winners and losers in a new political climate. Qantara. 10 October 2014. 17 September 2014.