Communism in Iraq Between Theory and Practice for The Period 1922-1945
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https://doi.org/10.17605/cajssh.v7i2.1295Keywords:
Iraqi Communist Party, Hussein Al-Rahhal, Yusuf Salman (Fahd), theory, applicationAbstract
The early precursors of the formation of the features of the presence of the communists in Iraq go back to the first decade of the twentieth century, i.e., 1922. In this year, the first cell of the Iraqi communists was founded by a group of Iraqi youths who found in the ideas of the communists what they liked, led by Hussein Al-Rahhal, who was a law student. The youths who joined this circle assumed the responsibility of spreading the principles and ideas of communism, thus beginning the journey of striving to attain the ultimate goal of communism, which was embodied in creating a society that believed in all its propositions, as a prelude to establishing a proletarian state. However, their endeavors collided with the nature of Iraqi society and its prevailing circumstances, which caused their efforts to halt at the stage of struggle without transcending it to reach their desired objective. The attempts of Iraqi communists to apply the principles of their thought on the ground remained confined to spreading those principles among segments of society, combating all those who stood in the way of the dissemination of their ideology, and striving to prepare the working classes in preparation for leading the stage of revolutionary struggle, without going beyond it.
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