# Libyan National Movement

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Political party in Libya

Not to be confused with the [Libyan Popular National Movement](/source/Libyan_Popular_National_Movement)

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Libyan National Movement الحركة الوطنية الليبية Secretary-General Muftah Lamlum Founded December 1980; 45 years ago (1980-12) Preceded by Libyan Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Newspaper Sawt at-Talia (discontinued) Ideology Arab nationalism Ba'athism Left-wing nationalism National affiliation National Conference for the Libyan Opposition Party flag Website sawt-altalea.com Politics of Libya Political parties Elections

The **Libyan National Movement** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): الحركة الوطنية الليبية, **al-Ḥarakah al-Waṭanīyah al-Lībīyah**) is a [Libyan](/source/Libya) political organization. The Libyan National Movement was established in December 1980, by opponents of [Muammar Gaddafi](/source/Muammar_Gaddafi)'s government.[1] The founder of the organization was the [Ba'athist](/source/Ba'athism) lawyer Umran Burweiss.[2] Muftah Lamlum is the general secretary of the Libyan National Movement.[3] Politically, the Libyan National Movement has a [left-wing nationalist](/source/Left-wing_nationalism) agenda with a Ba'athist orientation.[4] The organization operates in exile, primarily amongst Libyans in Europe, during the mid-1980s it was active amongst students abroad.[2][4] The publication of the organization was called *Sawt at-Talia* ('Voice of the Vanguard'). The magazine was later discontinued and substituted by a website.[1][4]

The organization was originally financed by [Iraqi Ba'athists](/source/Ba'ath_Party_(Iraqi-dominated_faction)).[5] 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.[6] The organization also ran radio broadcasts over Radio Baghdad.[6]

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](/source/Abd_al_Munim_al_Huni), a former RCC member who had been living in [Cairo](/source/Cairo) since the 1975 coup attempt.[7]

In July 2005, the Libyan National Movement took part in a foundation of the [National Conference for the Libyan Opposition](/source/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.[8][9]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ab_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ab_1-1) [*من نحــن*](https://web.archive.org/web/20071024024814/http://www.libyan-national-movement.org/sitepage.php?page=ABOUT) [*About*] (in Arabic), Libyan National Movement, archived from [the original](http://www.libyan-national-movement.org/sitepage.php?page=ABOUT) on 2007-10-24.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-par_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-par_2-1) Tachau, Frank. *[Political Parties of the Middle East and North Africa](https://books.google.com/books?id=OEOLAAAAMAAJ)*. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1994. p. 375

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*We have defeated fear and we're not going back now*](https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110226/local/we-have-defeated-fear-and-we-re-not-going-back-now.352033), Times of Malta, 2011-02-26.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ray_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ray_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ray_4-2) Ray, Donald I. *[Dictionary of the African Left: Parties, Movements and Groups](https://books.google.com/books?id=5TUiAAAAMAAJ)*. Aldershot, Hants u.a: Dartmouth, 1989. p. 79

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** *[The Middle East](https://books.google.com/books?id=UDAWAQAAMAAJ)*, Volumes 111–12. London: IC Magazines, etc., 1984. p. 20

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dis_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dis_6-1) Shaked, Haim and Daniel Dishon (eds.). *[Middle East Contemporary Survey](https://books.google.com/books?id=t32OO3DkDikC&pg=PA583)*, Vol. 8, 1983–84. p. 583

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "Libya", [*Opposition to Qadhafi*](http://countrystudies.us/libya/76.htm), USA: Country Studies.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** *The Gulf Today*. *[Hichem Karoui: Leader of mercenaries and slaves](http://gulftoday.ae/portal/0acaaa84-4f64-43ac-bae0-2b454ff955f8.aspx)*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** *Eurasia Review*. *[Libya: Political Dynamics And Profiles – Analysis](http://www.eurasiareview.com/libya-political-dynamics-and-profiles-analysis-13042011/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061837/http://www.eurasiareview.com/libya-political-dynamics-and-profiles-analysis-13042011/) 2011-06-06 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)*

## External links

- [Libyan National Movement website](https://archive.today/20130113021010/http://www.libyan-national-movement.org/)

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