The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 149)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 149)

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was defeated in the June war. Within this context the tools
of Marxist analysis were employed. It was pointed out that
the petty bourgeois regimes which had an interest in eliminating
the big landlords and capitalists, have no interest in govern-
ing the country democratically, because democracy would
endanger the new privileges they have acquired. Furthermore,
these privileges render the petty bourgeois regimes incapable
of carrying the fight against Israel to its ultimate end.
The basis of the above logic assumes that the military
regimes in the Arab countries genuinely represent the interests
of the petty bourgeois class. But the history of these regimes
does not support this assumption. On the contrary, there is
reason to believe that these regimes work against the interests
of a large segment of the lower middle class. The analysis
does not ignore this fact completely for in other places it
drops this assumption and states that the military regimes
represent the "mentality" of the petty bourgeoisie, The shift
to Marxism is relatively new, and it is hard to judge its full
impact now. However, two points are in order:
1. The shift is useful in the sense that it had done
away with the old dogma. Developing a habit of free enquiry
is a good thing in its own right. However, the danger of
substituting one dogma for another cannot be completely
disregarded.
2. The great shift from nationalism to Marxism within
a short period might look very odd for an outsider. However,
a closer look at the violent conditions prevailing in the

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

تاريخ

1971-02-07

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Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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