The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 102)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 102)

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organizations and entered the new front whose backbone was
the ANM. Later, the Revolutionary Vanguard, the Secret
Organization of South Yemen Liberals, and the Mahrah Youth
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joined the Front. In the U.A.R. the ANM hardcore nucleus
was put at the disposal of Nasser and the Arab Socialist
Union as a sign of faith in Nasser's leadership. °°
Throughout 1964 and 1965, the ANM was in close
contact with Nasser and the process of uniting the Nasserite
groups at the regional level seemed to be working fairly well.
As a matter of fact, the Ibrahim Group took the initiative
at the National Congress of 1965 to propose the merger of
the ANM into Nasserism at the national level. The Ibrahim
group carried the majority of the Congress members with them
and thus embarked on an ambitious program whose objective was
the creation of a new Arab socialist movement based on a
working-class structure, a clear socialist ideology and a
unified organization. Nasser was approached with this idea
by Muhsin Ibrahim himself who was overwhelmed to see the
President ready and willing to start on this common venture.
However, this happy pursuit did not last very long for though
Nasser was receptive to the idea from the very beginning,
Zakariya Muhyi al-Din, his right-hand man, and other members
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of his entourage were not so sympathetic. Besides, it was
32uaktab al-amanah al-'amah [The General Secretariat
Office], Tagrir ‘an al-jinub al-'arabi, [Report on South
Arabia], pp. 1-2.
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Ibrahim, loc. cit.
34 tpi.

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

تاريخ

1971-02-07

المنشئ

Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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