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Arab Revolutionary Workers Party حزب العمال الثوري العربي | |
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| Chairman | Tariq Abu Al-Hassan |
| Secretary-General | Abdul Hafiz Hafiz |
| Founder | Yasin al-Hafiz |
| Founded | 1966 (1966) |
| Split from | Ba'ath Party |
| Ideology | Marxism Scientific socialism Arab nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | National Democratic Rally |
| Council of Representatives of Iraq | 0 / 328 |
| People's Council of Syria | 0 / 250 |
TheArab Revolutionary Workers Party (Arabic:حزب العمال الثوري العربي,romanized: Hizb Al-'Amal Al-Thawriy Al-'Arabi) is apolitical party active inIraq andSyria.[1][2][3] As of 2008 the general secretary of the party is Abdul Hafiz Hafiz.[4] As of 2011, the chairman of the party is Tariq Abu Al-Hassan.[5][6]
The party was founded in 1966 byYasin al-Hafiz [ar], as aMarxist splinter group of theBa'ath Party.[7][8] The party rejected theBa'athist ideology ofMichel Aflaq as reactionary and backward-looking. Instead the party opted forscientific socialism.[7][9] Another early prominent leader of the party was Ali Salah Saadi.[8] This split in the Ba'ath Party emerged parallel to the growth of leftist dissent in theArab Nationalist Movement.[10]
The party was active inLebanon during the 1970s.[11] During the initial years of theLebanese Civil War (1975–76), al-Hafiz lived inBeirut.[12] Al-Hafiz died in Beirut in October 1978.[13]
During the "Damascus Spring", the initial period ofBashar al-Assad's rule, the party could meet somewhat undisturbed under the guise of the 'Left Forum'.[14] The party, along with other left-wing groups in Syria, decided to boycott the2003 parliamentary election.[15] The party was one of the forces behind theNational Democratic Gathering and theDamascus Declaration.[4]
The party is part of theSyrian opposition and was active in thecivil uprising phase of theSyrian Civil War. On June 30, 2011 the party took part in forming theNational Coordination Committee for Democratic Change. A politburo member of the party, Hazem Al-Nahhar was included in the leadership of the Association.[2] On October 10, 2011, the party decided to withdraw from the Coordination, but retained its commitment to working with the National Democratic Rally.[3][citation needed]
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| Reserved Christian seats (5) |
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| Reserved minority seats (3) |
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| Unrepresented in parliament |
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| Banned |
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