Democratic Palestine : 3 (ص 50)
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social democracy achieved by the popular masses through
long, hard struggle. Moreover, the power of the state’s repres-
sive apparatus, used against the mass movement, political
forces and the opposition, is increasing. As the social base of
these regimes shrinks, the fascist tendencies grow. Suppres-
sion and harassment increases against the masses and
revolutionary political forces, to prevent them from expressing
their aspirations in the struggle against imperialism, Zionism
and reaction, in order to achieve their rights and freedom.
The ruling bourgeoisie that led the national! democratic
revolution in several Arab countries, with the help of the work-
ing class movement, achieved national independence. It took
economic and social measures that met its own selfish class
interests and facilitated capitalist development. Furthermore,
this class acquired common interests with the world capitalist
system. Therefore, it shifted to conservative and retrogade
positions. This means that the ruling national bourgeoisie is no
longer capable of continuing to lead the national democratic
revolution, much less of moving it into the socialist stage. This
national bourgeoisie is no longer a dynamic force in the
revolutionary process, because advancing the revolution does
not meet the interests of the bourgeoisie as an exploiting class.
This development assigns to the working class first and
foremost, and to the toiling masses, the task of leading the
revolution, not only to fulfill all the tasks of the national democ-
ratic revolution, but to transform this revolution in favor of all the
exploited, working people, and to achieve socialist revolution.
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The national democratic revolution in South
Yemen - a vanguard experience
In several Arab countries (Egypt, Iraq and others), the rep-
resentatives of the petit and middle bourgeoisie made out-
standing accomplishments in the struggle against imperialism
and colonialism, after seizing state power by various means.
These accomplishments were seen in the defeat of the tripar-
tite aggression against Egypt, the adjustment of the Arab coun-
tries’ share in oil production, the nationalization of the Suez
Canal and many other big foreign and national (local) institu-
tions; agrarian reform was implemented to varying degrees.
This created the impression among broad circles in the world
and the Arab revolutionary movement, that the ruling rep-
resentatives of the petit bourgeoisie are not only capable of
achieving the tasks of the national democratic revolution, but of
taking more decisive socioeconomic measures towards
socialism as well. Nevertheless, the experience of the revolu-
tions in these countries proves without a doubt the impotence
of the petit bourgeois leadership to totally achieve the tasks of
the national democratic revolution, much less the transition
towards socialism. That is because the national democratic
revolution led by the petit bourgeoisie occurred in conditions of
relative capitalist development; the bourgeoisie had crystal-
lized to a certain extent as a class in society. The petit
bourgeoisie, as a party, political authority or leadership, pos-
sessed a desire to monopolize the political work, while depriv- - هو جزء من
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