The Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon

The Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PART ONE— FOUNDATIONS OF THE MOVEMENT
Chapter 1— Establishment of the Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon
Ideological Formations
Formation of the Lebanese People's Party
Establishment of the Communist Party of Syria and Lebanon
End of the Formative Stage
The First Stage in Historical Perspective
Chapter 2— The Bakdash Regime: Stalinization of the Party
Public Activities, 1936–1939
The National Congress of 1943
The Partition of Palestine
Report to the Central Committee, 1951
Bakdash Returns to Damascus
Union with Egypt
Repression of the Party
Lebanese Civil Strife
Ideological Warfare with the UAR
Breakup of the UAR
The Second Stage in Historical Perspective
Chapter 3— The Ideological Crisis and the Challenge to the Leadership of Khalid Bakdash
Syria under the Baath
Dissension within the Communist Party
The Third Stage in Historical Perspective
PART TWO— THE LEBANESE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
Chapter 4— The Lebanese Communist Party
LCP Third Congress
Program of the LCP
The LCP and the Arab World
Arab Unity
The Palestinian Issue
Socialism in the Arab World
Epilogue
Chapter 5— The Lebanese Civil War
Fourth Congress of the Lebanese Communist Party
Central Committee Report
The 1982 Israeli Invasion
The Challenge of National Reconstruction
LCP Central Committee Report of 1986
Fifth Congress of the LCP
Plenary Meeting of 1988
The Aoun Crisis
Arab Summit of 1989
Chapter 6— Postwar Reconstruction
The National Question
The Position on Perestroika
The Islamic-Progressive Dialogue
The Sixth Congress
PART THREE— THE SYRIAN COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
Chapter 7— The Syrian Communist Party in Crisis
Third Congress of the SCP
Draft Political Program of 1970
Accommodation with the al-Assad Regime
Party Polarization and the 1971 National Conference
Split Party
Moscow Agreement, 1972
Retrospective on the SCP Crisis
Chapter 8— The Disintegration of the Syrian Communist Party
Fifth Congress of the SCP
Position toward the U.S. and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Party and the Regime
Fragmentation and Division
Sixth Congress of the SCP
Seventh Congress of the (Bakdash) SCP, 1991
Unifying Congress of 1991
Post-Bakdash SCP Politics
League of Communist Action
Chapter 9— Conclusion: Continuity and Change
Patterns of Continuity and Change
Dynamics of Continuity and Change
Roles of Continuity and Change
NOTES
Chapter 1— Establishment of the Communist Movement in Syria and Lebanon
Chapter 2— The Bakdash Regime
Chapter 3— The Ideological Crisis and the Challenge to the Leadership of Khalid Bakdash
Chapter 4— The Lebanese Communist Party
Chapter 5— The Lebanese Civil War
Chapter 6— Postwar Reconstruction
Chapter 7— The Syrian Communist Party in Crisis
Chapter 8— Disintegration of the Syrian Communist Party
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