Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement

The Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement (Arabic: اتحاد قوى الشعب العامل - الحركة التصحيحية‎) was a Nasserist political party in Lebanon.[1] The party was led by Issam Al-Arab.[1][2] The party was formed through a split from the Union of Working People's Forces in October 1974.[1][3] Apart from Al-Arab, co-founders of the group included Fouad Itani and Samih Hamada.[4]

In founding the new party, Al-Arab condemned the support of the Union of Working People's Forces leadership to the new Egyptian president Anwar Sadat.[5] Al-Arab argued that the Egyptian government under Sadat had abandoned Nasserism.[6] The party joined the Lebanese National Movement, whilst its mother party Union of Working People's Forces parted ways with the LNM as it sided with the Syrian government.[2][7]

The party had a small militia, the Nasser Forces.[1][5] The formation of the Nasser Forces was announced on April 15, 1975.[4] The Nasser Forces took part in fighting in Beirut, in the Battle of the Hotels, Chyah, on the Ras Nabi-Sodeco axis, at Khandak El Ghamik as well as in combats in Mount Lebanon (Aley, Qmatiyeh and Bdadoun).[7][4] The party was supported financially and militarily by the Libyan government.[5]

The party underwent a split in 1978. An en extraordinary congress there was a dispute between Al-Arab, who argued in favour of alliance with the governments of Iraq and Libya, and his opponents led by Hassan Qubaisi. On July 23, 1978 Al-Arab was declared expelled from the party and Qubaisi was named new General Secretary of the party.[4]

The Nasser Forces continued confronting right-wing militias between 1978 and 1982.[4] After the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the departure of PLO, the Nasser Forces went underground and supposedly converted itself into a clandestine resistance group.[4]

References
  1. Albert J. Jongman (1988). Political Terrorism: A New Guide To Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, And Literature. Transaction Publishers. p. 611. ISBN 978-1-4128-1566-6.
  2. SAIS Review. School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. 1982. p. 80.
  3. Itamar Rabinovich (30 June 2019). The War for Lebanon, 1970-1983. Cornell University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-5017-4295-8.
  4. Almodon. [https://www.almodon.com/politics/2017/4/13/%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8 خمسة أحزاب انتهت في الحرب]
  5. Frank Tachau (1 January 1994). Political Parties of the Middle East and North Africa. Greenwood Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-313-26649-2.
  6. Translations on Near East and North Africa. Joint Publications Research Service. 1975. p. 60.
  7. Marius Deeb (February 1980). The Lebanese civil war. Praeger. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0-03-039701-1.
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