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Thousands of teachers, civil servants and other workers marched through Casablanca yesterday to protest against austerity plans put in place by the Moroccan government.
During the march, police on motorcycles swooped down and arrested several pro-democracy activists who officers claimed were using the rally as an occasion to denounce the monarchy.
An estimated 8,000 people heeded the call from Morocco’s three main trade unions to demonstrate in the country’s economic capital, as relations between the labour movement and the government worsened.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
We must remember Morocco’s land grab of the Sahrawi people’s territory continues with French and British support, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG, looking into the origins of the annexation