Union of Working People's Forces

Union of Working People's Forces
General Secretary Kamal Chatila
Founded 1965
Ideology Nasserism

The Union of Working People's Forces (Arabic: اتحاد قوى الشعب العامل‎‎, French: Union des forces du peuple travailleur, abbreviated UFPT) was a Nasserist political party in Lebanon. The party was founded in 1965 by Kamal Chatila and Najah Wakim.[1] Chatila was the general secretary of the party.[2][3] The party represented a right-wing tendency in the Lebanese Nasserist movement.[4]

Najah Wakim was elected to parliament in 1972, making him the sole Nasserist deputy.[5]

In the early phase of the Lebanese Civil War the party maintained a 1,000-man strong militia, the Victory Divisions (Arabic: Firqat an-Nasr), which took part in fighting in the Beirut area.[5][6] The party supported the June 1976 Syrian intervention in Lebanon.[3] Its support to the Syrian intervention caused a split between the party and other Nasserist groups.[5] From June to November 1976 the party faced onslaughts by Fatah and the Lebanese National Movement.[7]

There was a splinter group of the party, the Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement led by Issam Arab.[5][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Franck Mermier; Sabrina Mervin (2012). Leaders et partisans au Liban. KARTHALA Editions. p. 170. ISBN 978-2-8111-0595-2.
  2. ↑ Revue du Liban et de l'Orient arabe (1054–1061 ed.). February 1980. p. 5.
  3. 1 2 Lucien Bitterlin (1988). La flamme et le soufre. VegaPress. p. 139. ISBN 978-2-906480-04-9.
  4. ↑ Travaux et Jours (46-49 ed.). Centre culturel universitaire. 1973. p. 7.
  5. 1 2 3 4 The War for Lebanon, 1970-1985. Cornell University Press. 1985. pp. 82–83. ISBN 0-8014-9313-7.
  6. ↑ LEBANON A COUNTRY STUDY. 1989. p. 243.
  7. ↑ Les Crises du Liban, 1958-1982: chronologie commentée. Documentation française. 1982. p. 36.
  8. ↑ Maghreb, Machrek. Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, Centre d'étude des relations internationales, Section monde arabe. 1975. p. 317.
  9. ↑ Alain Ménargues (2004). Les secrets de la guerre au Liban: du coup d'Etat de Bachir Gémayel aux massacres des camps palestiniens. Albin Michel. p. 33. ISBN 978-2-226-12127-1.
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