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Morocco's Elections in a Time of Despotism: Why Ballot Boxes Don't Produce Liberation

Jawad Moustakbal — 2026-10-04T14:34:06Z

“Today, I believe that Morocco is experiencing a form of political insanity in the Einsteinian sense. The elections on September 23 showcased the same familiar faces that have worn thin on the Moroccan public, accompanied by the same broken promises and poorly executed theatrics. Furthermore, it is the Ministry of the Interior that oversees the entire electoral process—from drawing constituency maps to organising the vote itself. ”

- IVP621 - October 2026 / Morocco, Youth and student movements

A football victory does not erase the Hogra

Éric Toussaint, Jawad Moustakbal — 2022-12-19T18:10:59Z

“Even if a football victory succeeds in making people forget for a few days their terrible living conditions, the feeling of discontent and contempt (Hogra) of the working classes will return.”

- IV575 - December 2022 / Morocco

Moroccan Catastrophic Convergence

Jawad Moustakbal — 2018-02-23T09:14:07Z

“We must accept to live African, it is the only way to live dignified and free.” —Thomas Sankara, former President of Burkina Faso (1949-1987)

“The Third World today faces Europe like a colossal mass whose project should be to try to resolve the problems to which Europe has not been able to find the answers.” —Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961)

- IV517 - February 2018 / Ecology and the Environment, Morocco, Arab Revolutions, Climate