Arab Ba'ath Movement حركة البعث العربي | |
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| Leader | Michel Aflaq andSalah al-Din al-Bitar |
| Founded | 1940 (1940) |
| Dissolved | 1947 (1947) |
| Preceded by | Party of National Brotherhood |
| Succeeded by | Ba'ath Party |
| Newspaper | Al-Tali'a |
| Ideology | Ba'athism |
| Colors | Black, Red, White and Green (Pan-Arab colors) |
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TheArab Baʽath Movement (Arabic:حركة البعث العربيḤarakat al-Baʽth al-‘Arabī;lit.Arab Resurrection Movement orArab Renaissance Movement) was aBaathist political party and predecessor of theArab Socialist Baʽath Party.[1] The party was first named theArab Ihya Movement (Ḥarakat al-Iḥyāʼ al-‘Arabī; Arab Revitalization Movement) until 1943 when it adopted the name "Baʽath" (meaning resurrection).[2][3] It was founded in 1940 byMichel Aflaq.[4][5][6] Its founders, Aflaq and Bitar, were both associated withnationalism andsocialism.[7]
The Movement was formed in 1940 as the Arab Ihya Movement by Syrian expatriate Michel Aflaq.
Shortly after being founded, the Movement became involved in anti-colonial Arab nationalist militant activities, includingAflaq founding theSyrian Committee to Help Iraq that was created in 1941 to support the anti-British and pro-Axis government ofIraq against the British during theAnglo-Iraqi War of 1941.[8] The Syrian Committee sent weapons and volunteers to fight alongside Iraqi forces against the British.[9]
Aflaq unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Syrian parliament in 1943.[10] After the Syrian election defeat, the Movement sought cooperation with other parties in elections in Syria, including theArab Socialist Movement ofAkram El-Hourani.[11]
The Party merged with Al-Arsuzi'sArab Baʽath Party in 1947, and al-Hawrani's Arab Socialist Movement later merged into the party in the 1950s to establish the Arab Socialist Baʽath Party.
