Unified Socialist Party (Morocco)

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

Unified Socialist Party الحزب الإشتراكي الموحد
Secretary-General	Nabila Mounib
Founded	2005
Headquarters	9, Résidence Maréchal Ameziane, Rue Lamoricière, Casablanca
Ideology	Socialism Left-wing nationalism Anti-imperialism
Political position	Far-left
Colours	Red
Website
http://www.psu-maroc.ma
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History and profile

The Unified Socialist Party is a mixture of various movements that sprung up throughout the 60s and the 70s. 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] Nabila Mounib is the secretary-general of the party.[3][4] Nabila Mounib is the first woman to become a secretary-general of a political party in Morocco.

References

1. Lise Storm (29 October 2007). Democratization in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State. Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-134-06738-1. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
2. "Morocco". European Forum. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
3. Ramdane Belamri (12 September 2013). "Moroccan Socialist Party Leader Blasts Islamists". Al Monitor. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
4. Maâti Monjib. "Winners and losers in a new political climate". Qantara. Retrieved 10 October 2014.