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Baath Arab Socialist Party

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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningBaath PartyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Redirected from Baath Arab Socialist Party)Jump to: navigation, searchBaath Party symbolParty flagThe Arab Socialist Baath Party (also spelled Bath or Baath; Arabic: ÍÒÈ ÇáÈÚË ÇáÚÑÈí ÇáÇÔÊÑÇßí) was founded in 1947 as a radical, secular Arab nationalist political party. It functioned as a pan-Arab party with branches in different Arab countries, but was strongest in Syria and Iraq, coming to power in both countries in 1963. In 1966 the Syrian and Iraqi parties split into two rival organizations. Both Baath parties retained the same name and maintain parallel structures in the Arab world.The Baath Party came to power in Syria on 8 March 1963 and attained a monopoly of political power later that year. The Baathists ruled Iraq briefly in 1963, and then from July 1968 until 2003. After the de facto deposition of President Saddam Husseins Baathist regime in the course of the 2003 Iraq war, the occupying authorities banned the Iraqi Baath Party in June 2003.The Arabic word Bath means resurrection or renaissance as in the partys founder Michel Aflaqs published works On The Way Of Resurrection. Baathist beliefs combine Arab Socialism, nationalism, and Pan-Arabism. The mostly secular ideology often contrasts with that of other Arab governments in the Middle East, which sometimes tend to have leanings towards Islamism and theocracy. Due to the partys mixture of strong nationalism with socialism, some have labelled the Baath Party a fascist movement, though this definition is hotly disputed and the subject of much debate.The motto of the Party is Unity, Freedom, Socialism (in Arabic wahda, hurriya, ishtirakiya). Unity refers to Arab unity, freedom emphasizes freedom from foreign control and interference in particular, and socialism refers to what has been termed Arab Socialism rather than to Marxism.Contents1 Origins2 Foundation of the Arab Baath Party3 The Baath in Syria, 1954 - 19634 The Baath takes power in Syria and Iraq, 19635 Ideological transformation and division, 1963 - 19666 Baathist power in Syria6.1 The party outside Syria7 The Iraq-based Baath Party7.1 History7.2 Structure7.3 Post-Saddam Hussein7.4 The party outside Iraq8 References9 External links[edit]OriginsThe Baath party originated with two separate nationalist groups in Syria. The first of these, initially known as harakat al-ihyaa al-arabi (the Arab Resurrection Movement), was set up by Michel Aflaq and Salah al-Din al-Bitar in 1940s. It was a relatively small group of intellectuals and students, and Aflaq was its main theoretician. His ideology was essentially a form of romantic nationalism coupled with a vague socialism which rejected, however, the idea of class struggle. The second group formed around Zaki al-Arsuzi, a prominent figure in the resistance to French plans to annex the Syrian province of Iskandarun to Turkey. Al-Arsuzis conception of the Arab nation was essentially a linguistic

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