# Arab Revolutionary Workers Party

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Political party in Syria

Arab Revolutionary Workers Party حزب العمال الثوري العربي 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 Politics of Syria Political parties Elections

The **Arab Revolutionary Workers Party** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): حزب العمال الثوري العربي, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Arabic): *Hizb Al-'Amal Al-Thawriy Al-'Arabi*) is a [political party](/source/Political_party) active in [Iraq](/source/Iraq) and [Syria](/source/Syria).[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 by [Yasin al-Hafiz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yasin_al-Hafiz&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ar](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8)], as a [Marxist](/source/Marxism) splinter group of the [Ba'ath Party](/source/Ba'ath_Party).[7][8] The party rejected the [Ba'athist](/source/Ba'athism) ideology of [Michel Aflaq](/source/Michel_Aflaq) as reactionary and backward-looking. Instead the party opted for [scientific socialism](/source/Scientific_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 the [Arab Nationalist Movement](/source/Arab_Nationalist_Movement).[10]

The party was active in [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon) during the 1970s.[11] During the initial years of the [Lebanese Civil War](/source/Lebanese_Civil_War) (1975–76), al-Hafiz lived in [Beirut](/source/Beirut).[12] Al-Hafiz died in Beirut in October 1978.[13]

During the "[Damascus Spring](/source/Damascus_Spring)", the initial period of [Bashar al-Assad](/source/Bashar_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 the [2003 parliamentary election](/source/2003_Syrian_parliamentary_election).[15] The party was one of the forces behind the [National Democratic Gathering](/source/National_Democratic_Rally_(Syria)) and the [Damascus Declaration](/source/Damascus_Declaration).[4]

The party is part of the [Syrian opposition](/source/Syrian_opposition) and was active in the [civil uprising phase](/source/Civil_uprising_phase_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War) of the [Syrian Civil War](/source/Syrian_Civil_War). On June 30, 2011, the party took part in forming the [National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change](/source/National_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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [National Democratic Institute](/source/National_Democratic_Institute). *[NDI Assessment Mission to Iraq June 23 to July 6, 2003](https://www.ndi.org/files/1625_iq_report_072503.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120516005240/http://www.ndi.org/files/1625_iq_report_072503.pdf) May 16, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)*

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-p3_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-p3_2-1) *[Al-Ahram](/source/Al-Ahram)*. *[New voices for change](http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1055/re141.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110907231548/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1055/re141.htm) September 7, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)*

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-p4_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-p4_3-1) Nidaasyria. [حزب العمال الثوري العربي.. قرار انسحاب من هيئة التنسيق الوطني](http://nidaasyria.org/ar/?p=649) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083206/http://nidaasyria.org/ar/?p=649) April 25, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dec_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dec_4-1) Damascus Centre for Theoretical and Civil Rights Studies. [أمين عام حزب العمال الثوري العربي يدعو للإفراج عن معتقلي إعلان دمشق وطي ملف الاعتقال السياسي](http://www.dctcrs.org/syriennews15.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083224/http://www.dctcrs.org/syriennews15.htm) April 25, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** World Bulletin. *[Who is who in Syrian opposition?](https://web.archive.org/web/20111229205201/http://worldbulletin.net/?aType=haberYazdir&ArticleID=73117&tip=)*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Asrarr. [سورية - الأحزاب السياسية](http://asrarr.com/civil_actions/detail.asp?articles_id=7)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-p1_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-p1_7-1) Tibi, Bassam, Marion Farouk-Sluglett, and Peter Sluglett. *[Arab nationalism: between Islam and the nation-state](https://books.google.com/books?id=fHwuhk-yYMMC&pg=PA212)*. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. p. 212

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-p2_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-p2_8-1) Seddon, David. *[A Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East](https://books.google.com/books?id=qmYMy1Ls8ucC&pg=PA63)*. London: Europa Publications, 2004. p. 63

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Choueiri, Youssef M. *[Islamic Fundamentalism: The Story of Islamist Movements](https://books.google.com/books?id=pgmc35nCzjIC&pg=PA117)*. London: Continuum, 2010. p. 117

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Salem, Paul. *[Bitter Legacy: Ideology and Politics in the Arab World](https://books.google.com/books?id=KZru-kaTZCcC&pg=PA187)*. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1994. p. 187

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Buwārī, Ilyās. *[Tārīkh al-ḥarakah al-ʻummālīyah wa-al-niqābīyah fī Lubnān](https://books.google.com/books?id=i4wzAAAAMAAJ)*. Bayrūt: Dār al-Fārābī, 1979.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** *[Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East 2. D - K](https://books.google.com/books?id=KE8YAAAAIAAJ)*. New York [u.a.]: Macmillan [u.a.], 1996. p. 756

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** سؤال التنوير. [في الذكرى الثلاثين لوفاة ياسين الحافظ](http://www.assuaal.net/studies/studies.566.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090227061811/http://www.assuaal.net/studies/studies.566.htm) February 27, 2009, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Zîser, Eyāl. *[Commanding Syria: Bashar Al-Asad and the First Years in Power](https://books.google.com/books?id=pVovmiI-ijQC&pg=PA83)*. London [u.a.]: Tauris, 2007. p. 83

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Al-Ahram Center for Political & Strategic Studies. *[I. Internal Reforms in the Arab World](http://acpss.ahram.org.eg/eng/ahram/2004/7/5/ARAB29.HTM) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083217/http://acpss.ahram.org.eg/eng/ahram/2004/7/5/ARAB29.HTM) April 25, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)*

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