{{Short description|Political party in Libya}} {{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Libyan Popular National Movement]]}} {{Update|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox political party | name = Libyan National Movement | native_name = الحركة الوطنية الليبية | logo = Libyan-national-movement-symbol.png | colorcode = #FFCB35 | secretary_general = Muftah Lamlum | founded = {{start date and age|1980|12}} | native_name_lang = ar | predecessor = [[Libyan Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] | newspaper = ''Sawt at-Talia'' (discontinued) | ideology = [[Arab nationalism]]<br/>[[Ba'athism]]<br/>[[Left-wing nationalism]] | national = [[National Conference for the Libyan Opposition]] | flag = Flag_of_Libya_(1969–1972).svg | country = Libya | website = [http://www.sawt-altalea.com sawt-altalea.com] }} The '''Libyan National Movement''' ({{langx|ar|الحركة الوطنية الليبية}}, ''{{Transliteration|ar|al-Ḥarakah al-Waṭanīyah al-Lībīyah}}'') is a [[Libya]]n political organization. The Libyan National Movement was established in December 1980, by opponents of [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s government.<ref name="ab">{{citation|publisher=Libyan National Movement|url=http://www.libyan-national-movement.org/sitepage.php?page=ABOUT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024024814/http://www.libyan-national-movement.org/sitepage.php?page=ABOUT|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-10-24|title=من نحــن|trans-title=About|language=Arabic}}.</ref> The founder of the organization was the [[Ba'athism|Ba'athist]] lawyer Umran Burweiss.<ref name="par"/> Muftah Lamlum is the general secretary of the Libyan National Movement.<ref>{{citation|publisher=Times of Malta|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110226/local/we-have-defeated-fear-and-we-re-not-going-back-now.352033|title=We have defeated fear and we're not going back now|date=2011-02-26}}.</ref> Politically, the Libyan National Movement has a [[Left-wing nationalism|left-wing nationalist]] agenda with a Ba'athist orientation.<ref name="ray"/> The organization operates in exile, primarily amongst Libyans in Europe, during the mid-1980s it was active amongst students abroad.<ref name="par">Tachau, Frank. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=OEOLAAAAMAAJ Political Parties of the Middle East and North Africa]''. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1994. p. 375</ref><ref name="ray"/> The publication of the organization was called ''Sawt at-Talia'' ('Voice of the Vanguard'). The magazine was later discontinued and substituted by a website.<ref name="ab"/><ref name="ray">Ray, Donald I. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5TUiAAAAMAAJ Dictionary of the African Left: Parties, Movements and Groups]''. Aldershot, Hants u.a: Dartmouth, 1989. p. 79</ref>
The organization was originally financed by [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)|Iraqi Ba'athists]].<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=UDAWAQAAMAAJ The Middle East]'', Volumes 111–12. London: IC Magazines, etc., 1984. p. 20</ref> which enabled it to produce relatively high-quality propaganda materials. For example, it issued audio cassettes, which were smuggled into Libya, alongside ''Sawt at-Talia'' during the 1980s.<ref name= "dis" /> The organization also ran radio broadcasts over Radio Baghdad.<ref name="dis">Shaked, Haim and Daniel Dishon (eds.). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=t32OO3DkDikC&pg=PA583 Middle East Contemporary Survey]'', Vol. 8, 1983–84. p. 583</ref>
In January 1987, the Libyan National Movement and seven other opposition groups (such as the Libyan National Struggle Movement and the Libyan Liberation Organization) agreed to form a working group headed by Major [[Abd al Munim al Huni]], a former RCC member who had been living in [[Cairo]] since the 1975 coup attempt.<ref>{{citation|publisher=Country Studies|place=USA|url=http://countrystudies.us/libya/76.htm|section=Libya|title=Opposition to Qadhafi}}.</ref>
In July 2005, the Libyan National Movement took part in a foundation of the [[National Conference for the Libyan Opposition]] in London, which signed a joint 'national accord' calling for the removal of Gaddafi from power and the establishment of a transitional government.<ref>''The Gulf Today''. ''[http://gulftoday.ae/portal/0acaaa84-4f64-43ac-bae0-2b454ff955f8.aspx Hichem Karoui: Leader of mercenaries and slaves]''</ref><ref>''Eurasia Review''. ''[http://www.eurasiareview.com/libya-political-dynamics-and-profiles-analysis-13042011/ Libya: Political Dynamics And Profiles – Analysis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061837/http://www.eurasiareview.com/libya-political-dynamics-and-profiles-analysis-13042011/ |date=2011-06-06 }}''</ref>
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==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130113021010/http://www.libyan-national-movement.org/ Libyan National Movement website] {{Libyan political parties}} {{Authority control}}
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