Heckman, Alma Rachel <br/><br/>
Radical nationalists  Moroccan Jewish communists, 1925-1975 /  [Ressource électronique] : 
Alma Rachel Heckman 
 - 1 vol. (268 p.) 
<br/><br/>Doctor of philosophy : Histoire : Los Angeles, University of California : 2015 
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. 257-268 
<br/><br/> From the outset of the French protectorate of Morocco in 1912 through independence in 1956, a variety  of  ideologies  coalesced  into  pro-independence  political  movements.    This  dissertation explores  Jewish  involvement  in  the  Moroccan  Communist  Party  (PCM)  between  1925-1975. Opening  up  this  1925-1975  moment  recovers  ways  in  which  Jews  and  Muslims  conceptualized Jews   fitting   into   newly   independent   nation-states.   Leftist   groups,   originating   in   Europe, flourished  in  Morocco  beginning  in  the  mid-1920s.  By  1936  the  socialist  leaning  Moroccan Union  of  Muslims  and  Jews  had  been  founded,  a  sign  of  the  growing  importance  of  leftist organizations  in  the  Moroccan  political  spectrum.  When  France  fell  to  Germany  in  1940,  the French Communist Party (PCF) chose solidarity with France over its internationalist obligations, requiring  the  Maghribi  Communist  parties  to  fight  for  the  common  cause  against  Fascism  and put independence ambitions on hold. Vichy rule brought anti-Semitic legislation to the majority of  North  African  Jews,  inspiring  many in  the  immediate  post-war  generation  to  reject  France's vision  of  republican  assimilation.  The  national  liberation  parties  of  the  Maghrib,  in  practice,  if not  on  paper,  often  espoused  an  Arab  nationalist  platform  informed  by  Islam.  Betrayed  by French  republicanism  and  unconvinced  by  Zionism,  many  Maghribi  Jews  expressed  their patriotism   through   Communism.   The   1950s   through   the   early   1970s   were   the   apex   of Communist Jewish political participation in the Maghrib and the height of migration to Israel or France.  Emanating  from  Moscow  and  refracted  through  the  PCF  to  Morocco  and  beyond,  this project  not  only  looks  at  ideologies  and  populations  in  transit, but  also  their  transformation  in new national and international contexts 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Parti communiste marocain
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>JUIF<br/>COMMUNISME<br/>MOUVEMENT DE LIBERATION NATIONALE<br/>PARTI DE GAUCHE
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>MAROC
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>324.273750964