The Party of Liberation and Socialism (; , abbr. PLS) was a communist party in Morocco that existed from 1968 to 1974.Berramdane, Abdelkhaleq. Le Maroc et l'Occident: 1800-1974. Paris: Karthala, 1987. p. 306 Ali Yata was the general secretary of the party.Cahiers du communisme, Volym 45, Ed. 2. Kraus Reprint, 1969. p. 125
History The foundation of PLS was announced by Ali Yata on January 26, 1968.Berramdane, Abdelkhaleq. Le Maroc et l'Occident: 1800-1974. Paris: Karthala, 1987. p. 110 PLS was founded as a successor of the Moroccan Communist Party (PCM).Storm, Lise. Democratization in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State. London: Routledge, 2007. p. 41La Gazette Du Maroc. Ali Yata : Un communiste musulman PLS advocated establishing socialism adapted to Moroccan national conditions, and called for the unify patriotic forces in a 'United Popular Front' with anti-imperialist and anti-bourgeois characteristics.
The party was banned by the Moroccan government in 1969.Great Soviet Encyclopedia: Партия освобождения и социализмаStorm, Lise. Democratization in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State. London: Routledge, 2007. p. 29 Ali Yata was jailed.
PLS dissidents founded the Ila al-Amam group in 1970.Storm, Lise. Democratization in Morocco: The Political Elite and Struggles for Power in the Post-Independence State. London: Routledge, 2007. p. 179
In 1974 the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) was founded as a successor of PLS.
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