The Revolutionary Option in Morocco (Arabic: الاختيار الثوري في المغرب, romanized: al-Ikhtiyār ath-Thawrī fī l-Maghrib) is a text composed by Mehdi Ben Barka and presented May 1962 in preparation for the second conference of the National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP).[1][2] The text criticized moderate, compromising political action in Morocco.[1]
Context edit
In 1959, Mehdi Ben Barka broke away from the Istiqlal Party, which only operated with the consent of the monarchy and was becoming "bourgeois” and “conservative," to found the National Union of Popular Forces, or UNFP, which was aligned with the labor movement and trade unions.[1]
Upon his return from exile in Paris, Ben Barka wrote al-Ikhtiyār ath-Thawrī fī l-Maghrib for the second conference of the UNFP held May 1962.[1]
Editions edit
The original Arabic text was published April 1966 by Dār aṭ-Ṭalīʻah in Beirut, with a foreword penned by Ben Barka July 1965 in the aftermath of the March 1965 Moroccan riots.[3] In the context of Tricontinentalism and Third-Worldism, it was translated and published in French by François Maspero in 1966,[4][5] in Spanish in 1967,[6] and in English by Tricontinental in 1968.[7][4]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Mouaqit, Mohammed. "Ben Barka, Mehdi". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_com_25285. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ الزكارى, أسامة (2015). "وثيقة "الاختيار الثورى": نص مفتوح لقراءات متجددة". مجلة أمل (in Arabic). 23 (45): 58–64 – via منظومة.
- ^ المهدي بن بركة (1966). المهدي بن بركة - الاختيار الثوري في المغرب.
- ^ a b Stafford, Andy (September 2009). "Tricontinentalism in recent Moroccan intellectual history: the case of Souffles". Journal of Transatlantic Studies. 7 (3): 218–232. doi:10.1080/14794010903069060. ISSN 1479-4012. S2CID 144475479.
- ^ Ben Barka, Mehdi (1920-1965) Auteur du texte (1966). Option révolutionnaire au Maroc ; Suivi de Écrits politiques 1960-1965 / Mehdi Ben Barka.
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- ^ Ben Barka, Mehdi (1968). The political thought of Ben Barka. I. Revolutionary option in Morocco. II. Political articles, 1960-1965. Tricontinental Publishers. OCLC 556509056.