The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 110)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 110)

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Movement are carried by representatives of the higher levels
whose authority cannot be questioned by the rank and file.
From the above, one might be led to believe that the
Movement's "flexible centralism" is what other revolutionary
parties call "democratic centralism". In fact, the Movement
itself began to speak of the principle as such since 1957.
The Movement's literature now defined the principle as
"... the prominance of the democratic procedure in the
application of centralism, or the acceptance of decisions
taken by the center in the light of free discussion below. "4
However, one should not accept the ANM's claim at face value.
For one thing, the incompatibility of centralism and democracy
is profoundly ‘increased in an organization where all party
posts are delegated by the higher levels instead of being
elected through democratic processes.
The ANM's structural organization resembles a pyramid,
in which the base represents the rank-and-file, and the apex
represents the leadership. Like the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union, or any authoritarian Party for that matter, its
structure is highly centralized. The ANM organs at all levels
are sealed off both vertically and horizontally from
relationships and information which the ANM considers
unnecessary for the performance of their tasks.°
4aNM, "al-Markaziya al-Democratiya", 1957, p. 1.
bs)
ANM, "“Mafahim tanzimiyah", [Organizational Concepts],
p. 3.

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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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