Several civil society organizations have voiced their support for protests in Morocco and other North African countries facing growing state repression, resource theft and imperialist expansion. They call for respect for people’s rights and just development.
Tagged under Governance Mohsin Fikri, Protests in Morocco, North African uprisings, HoceimaThe South African student #FeesMustFall uprising at its peak has been largely single-issue driven – scrapping of tuition fees - rather than calling for systemic societal, political, social and economic change, and pushing for change of national leadership, as was the case in North Africa.
Tagged under Popular Participation & Democratization Susan Booysen, Wits University Press, William Gumede, #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall, Arap spiring, sunshine journalism, Tamazight, Democracy Works Foundation, South Africa’s student uprisings, Apartheid, North African uprisings, Moroccan commentator Rachid Elbelghiti, South Africa student movements