El laberinto marroqui - The Moroccan Labyrinth 3/6

El colonialismo en Marruecos ha sido determinante en la historia de Estado español. Tras el desastre del 98, la monarquía borbónica y los militares se empeñaron en controlar este territorio a pesar de una enorme oposición popular interna y la resistencia antiimperialista rifeña. El Barranco del Lobo, la Semana Trágica, Annual... El conflicto se cobró decenas de miles de vidas y fracturó definitivamente la política. La Guerra Civil Española y su lucha de clases son, en parte, consecuencia de la evolución de este conflicto y su impacto en la sociedad peninsular. Paradojas de la vida: los marroquíes, eternos enemigos de la Una Grande y Libre, se convirtieron en firmes aliados del bando franquista

An excellent documentary showing the political complexities in northern Morocco after Spain lost Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States in 1898. Sánchez Veiga reveals the colonial conflict as the Spanish military attempt to conquer the territory and how this eventually led to the bloody Spanish Civil War. Using Moroccan combatants, who joined Francisco Franco´s Falangist movement to escape famine and poverty, the "African militarists¨launched a revolt in 1936 against the Spanish Republic. Very interesting archival footage of propaganda films, interviews with the Moroccan combatants who fought under Franco, and leading international historians. What struck me the most in this film were the interviews with the elderly Moroccans who fought in the Civil War, expressing their disappointment with Franco, because they were sent back to Morocco right after Franco´s victory, with no pension and no medical benefits, particularly for those who were wounded during the war.

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• rif
• morocco
• spain