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Democratic Left Movement Lebanon
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Detailed information about the Lebanese Democratic Movement, a political party in Lebanon.
Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningDemocratic Left Movement (Lebanon)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Redirected from Lebanese Democratic Movement)Jump to: navigation, searchDemocratic Left Movement LogoLebanonThis article is part of the series:Politics and government ofLebanonConstitutionPresidentEmile LahoudPrime MinisterFouad SinioraPresent governmentParliamentSpeakerPolitical partiesElectionsGovernoratesDistrictsForeign relationsOther countries #160;• #160;Politics #160;Portalview • talk • editThe Democratic Left Movement (DLM, Arabic, ?arakatu-l-yas?ri-d-dimuqr?t?, Arabic acronym HYD), is a political party in Lebanon founded in September 2004.Contents1 Formation2 History3 Ideological profile4 Structure5 Electoral results6 Hawi and Kassir assassinations7 External links[edit]FormationThe DLM was formed as a result of a combined effort among leftist intellectuals, activists who had previously split from the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) and leftist student groups. The Preparatory Committee, which had previously issued a couple of statements highly critical of the Syrian hegemony over Lebanon and calling for the birth of a new left, arranged for a general assembly in which a founding committee was elected in September 2004 and the movement was officially born.[edit]HistoryBy the late 1980s, the Syrian regime embarked on an assassination spree that resulted in purging known leftist intellectuals such as Hussein Mroue and Mahdi Amel among others. The Syrian purge was coupled with the downfall of the number one supporter of leftists in Lebanon, the Soviet Union. It also marked the beginning of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon that lasted until April 26, 2005.Living under Syrian tutelage stirred a dilemma among the leftists leadership, intellectuals and rank and file. Should the left contend to this existence under the pretext of fending off external danger Or should it seek democracy first as a means for the liberation of the Arab people and the key to fending off all kinds of danger, whether external or internal.The leftist division survives to this day and has, since its eruption, witnessed several developments. The first and foremost of these developments was the resignation of George Hawi, the Lebanese Communist Partys (LCP) leader and strong figure, in 1992. Hawi was quoted as saying that he better leave the boat before it wrecks, in reference to the collapse of the Soviet Union.Following Hawi, several communist voices started calling for the rejection of the soviet model and the revival of the partys role as a spearhead in the fight for Lebanons sovereignty and independence.The first breach among the leftists, however, occurred among the rank and file of students with the spontaneous creation of what came to be called as the Independent Leftist Groups. These groups scored some initial success which in turn encouraged opposition factions within the LCP to revolt against the leadership and start calling for the renewal of the
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