The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 34)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 34)

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organization set up and social structure. Unlike the loosely
formed bloc parties which were usually dominated by big
families, the Ba'th introduced a centralized organizational
structure based on a system of underground cells.?° In
addition to that the Ba'th attempted to place its organization
on a working class foundation. If it met little success in
that respect, it nevertheless spread among students,
intellectuals and petty bourgeois elements.
In the third place, the Ba'th rejected the "regional
approach" assumed by the old guard nationalists in their
endeavor to struggle for complete independence within each
Arab state. Instead the Ba'th advocated a "national approach"
according to which all nationalist forces in the Arab World
should wage a common struggle against their enemies. In
fact the Ba'th looked upon itself as the embodiment of
nationalism in the Arab World.
The advent of the Ba'th, therefore, opened new
vistas for the Arab national movement. Far from accepting
the status quo, the Ba'th triggered a whole set of issues
and problems relating to the Arab national movement. In
theory and practice, the Ba'th have helped speed up the
political and social synthesis in the Arab World. It is
perhaps not incorrect to assume that the alliance between
socialism and Arab nationalism which was first advocated by
35apu Jaber, op. cit.,pp 139-144.

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party

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1971-02-07

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Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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