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'''Arab Socialism''' is an ideology that that combines [[File:PanArab.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism|pan-Arabism]] with [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]]. Arab socialism as an ideology was founded by [[File:Aflaq.png]] [[Ba'athism|Michel Aflaq]], who viewed socialism as a central part of Arab liberation. Arab socialism rejects [[File:Internat.png]] [[Internationalism|internationalism]] in favor of a [[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism|fusion of Arab nationalism and socialist ideals]].

==History==
===[[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Egypt [[File:Nasser2.png]]===
'''Nasserism''' is the ideology of [[File:Nasser2.png]] Gamal Abdel Nasser, who was the second president of Egypt, serving from 1954 until 1970.

====Economic Policy====
Nasser's economic policy regime could be best described as [[File:Statecap.png]] [[State Capitalism|state capitalist]] with a highly generous [[File:Welf.png]] [[Welfarism|welfare state]].

As president, Nasser pushed for the nationalization of key industries, including those under considerable foreign influence (especially the [[File:Cball-UK.png]] British and [[File:Cball-France.png]] French)—such as "banks, hotels, insurance companies, importing companies and even the media"—and natural resources.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326507002_The_Outstanding_Economic_Developments_in_Nasser's_Era_and_Their_Impact_on_the_Egyptian_People The Outstanding Economic Developments in Nasser's Era and Their Impact on the Egyptian People], ''Research Gate''</ref> At least ninety percent of workers were employed in the public sector.<ref>[https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0f59n74g&chunk.id=d0e2666&toc.id=&brand=ucpress The Macro Context:
The Making of Egypt's Modern Economy], ''UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004''</ref> While the state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which in practice were [[File:Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy|joint-stock companies where the majority of assets were owned by the State]], preserved the profit motive, Nasser also mandated that [[File:WPD.png]] [[Socialism|nearly one-third of the board of directors had to be elected by workers]].<ref>[https://countrystudies.us/egypt/34.htm Nasser and Arab Socialism], ''Country Studies''</ref>

It should be noted that two-thirds of the Egyptian economy remained in private hands: [[File:Distributist.png]] [[Distributism|Mostly small-medium enterprises.]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312286835/page/138/mode/1up?q=private Nasser: The Last Arab] by Saïd K. Aburish</ref> Nasser made many members of the [[File:Cap.png]] national bourgeoise key allies of his regime; he absorbed them into SOE management and suppressed [[File:SyndieSam.png]] union opposition to them.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/163640 Labor, Capital, and the State in Nasserist Egypt, 1952-1961], ''JSTOR''</ref><ref>[https://www.socialismtoday.org/archive/147/nasser.html Nasser’s Egypt and Arab nationalism], ''Socialism Today''</ref> His land reform, though marketed as peasant-centric (and to some degree it did improve their lives through the promotion of [[File:AgCoop.png]] [[Agrarian Socialism|farmer cooperatives]]),<ref>[https://www.ide.go.jp/library/English/Publish/Periodicals/De/pdf/65_02_03.pdf "The Agricultural Co-Operative in Socialist Egypt"] by San-eki Nakaoka</ref> was seen as a step towards widespread unionization.<ref>[https://merip.org/1982/07/egypts-transition-under-nasser/ Egypt’s Transition under Nasser],''Middle East Research and Information Project''</ref> By the 1960s, Nasser began [[File:Econlib.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism|deregulating the petit-bourgeois-dominated private sector]], [[File:NeoMerc.png]] [[Protectionism|subsidized exports]], and sought foreign investment in Egypt's capital goods.<ref>"The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square" by Steven A. Cook</ref>

Nasser also enacted several anti-poverty programs; including, though not limited to, universal healthcare, unemployment insurance, and old-age and disability pensions.<ref>[https://www.e-ir.info/2018/07/23/egypts-social-welfare-a-lifeline-for-the-people-or-the-ruling-regime/ Egypt’s Social Welfare: A Lifeline for the People or the Ruling Regime?], ''E-International Relations''</ref> Nasser sought to decommodify food through a comprehensive system of consumer cooperatives, although several food shortages were blamed on this system.<ref>[https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/41782 The Democratization of Well-Being in Nasser’s Egypt],''Jadaliyya''</ref> Despite such shortcomings, Nasser's social insurance schemes ensured minimal resistance to his policies and generally increased living standards for the average Egyptian. He also implemented [[File:Corptism.png]] [[Corporatism|corporate-based representation in the National Assembly]] (e.g., students, labor, and industry) so that economic policies are reflective of the various interest groups in society. Gamal Abdul Nasser would die on September 28th, 1970 from arteriosclerosis. His funeral attracted 3 million Arab people in the Cairo streets.

===[[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] Palestine [[File:Arafat.png]]===

===[[File:Cball-Sudan.png]] Sudan [[File:SSU-Sudan.png]]===
===[[File:Cball-SouthYemen.png]] South Yemen===
====[[File:Al-Shaabi.png]] Al-Shaabi and the NLF [[File:Cball-Yemen.png]]====
The history of socialist South Yemen began when the [[File:Cball-Yemen.png]] National Liberation Front overthrew the [[File:Cball-South_Arabia.png]] British Protectorate of South Arabia in 1967 and proclaimed the [[File:Cball-SouthYemen.png]] People's Republic of Southern Yemen. After independence, South Yemen faced several challenges, including a lack of natural resources, a small and largely illiterate population, a limited economic base, and growing factionalism between the [[File:Cball-Yemen.png]] NLF. The NLF was lead by [[File:Al-Shaabi.png]] Qahtan Al-Shaabi a Nasserist who took a more conservative stance to the socialization of Yemen. He was overthrown in 1969 by the radical Marxist faction of the NLF

==Beliefs==
===Unity===
Arab socialism puts a heavy emphasis on [[File:PanArab.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism|Arab unity]], claiming that it is necessary to unite the Arab world into one nation in order to achieve [[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism|progress]] through a renaissance that would rid the Arab world of [[File:Reactcross.png]] [[Reactionaryism]], [[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism]], and [[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]].

===Liberty===

===Socialism===

==How to Draw==
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# Draw a ball
# Fill it with the red pigment
# Add the Egyptian Coat of Arms in the middle
# Draw two eyes
You are done!

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==Relations==
===أصدقاء (Friends)===
*[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] - Freedom, Socialism, Unity.
*[[File:PanArab.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism]] - Arabs of the Middle East, unite against Western imperialist powers!
*[[File:Castro.png]] [[National Communism|Castroism]] - You're my best Latin American buddy! Long live Fidel Castro.
*[[File:Gaddafi.png]] [[Gaddafism]] - He is my descendant and I agree with many of his views but he can be nonsensical at times, and why did you abandon pan-arabism?
*[[File:Secular.png]] [[Secularism]] - Secularism is the way!
*[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]] & [[File:Statesoc.png]] [[State Socialism]] - That's how you do socialism!
*[[File:Sukarno.png]] [[Pancasila|Marhaenism]] - Fellow founder of the Non-Aligned Movement, also another Islamic Socialist!
*[[File:Tito.png]] [[Titoism]] - Also founded the Non-Aligned movement with me. Best comrade in the entire world!
*[[File:TodorZhivkov.png]] {{PCBA|Zhivkovism}} - A fellow socialist from the eastern bloc. Arafat really liked you and thanks for aiding the Palestinian resistance! <s>But why are so friendly with the Jews?</s>

===علاقة متوترة (Frenemies)===
*[[File:Statecap.png]] [[State Capitalism]] - I used you pragmatically.
*[[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism]] - My weird son, and I banned you in Syria during the UAR era, but we still cooperated in fighting western imperialists.
*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism]] - I prosecuted communists domestically, but I still prefer the USSR over the Z*on-simping American scums. Also, some communists like Tito and Castro are gigachads! South Yemen was also basically him.
*[[File:Socauth.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism]] - We agree a range of things from welfare state to foreign policy and economics. Why don't you call yourself socialist?
*[[File:Muslim 2.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy]] - To hell with the Muslim Brotherhood and sharia monarchies, secularism is what we need. However, I can tolerate the existence of some sharia laws, still better than [[File:Zio.png]] [[Zionism|this pig]] too.
*[[File:Ike.png]] [[Rockefeller Republicanism]] - An ally of [[File:Gaullismicon2.png]] [[Gaullism|those]] [[One-Nation Conservatism|thieves]] [[File:Onenatcon.png]] but thank you though for lettingme keep the Sinai.

===الأعداء (Enemies)===
*[[File:Zio.png]] [[Zionism]] - Foolish Zionist scum. Stop stealing Palestinian Arab Land, oppressing Muslim brothers and stealing the Sinai! <s>All Jews are closeted Zionists so they get depo-''Wait!'' They... left for Israel?</s>
*[[File:Kahan.png]] [[Kahanism]] - Jewish capitalist ultranationalist Zionist that wants to destroy the Arab world. Greater Israel? I'd like to see you try!
*[[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]] - DEATH TO THE WEST AND THEIR ZIONIST IMPERIALIST ALLIES!!
*[[File:Labzion.png]] [[Labour Zionism]] - How does it feel being the [[File:3wayZion.png]] Sell-out in the family? Zionist scum!
*[[File:Synclib.png]] [[Big Tent Liberalism]] - I can't believe the FLN turned into this sellout.
*[[File:bundis.png]] [[Bundism]] - You're against Zionism but you dont want to integrate or cooperate with Arab society.
*[[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism]] - Terrible economic system.
*[[File:Jihad.png]] [[Jihadism]] - Theocratic fundamentalist terrorists who threaten our secularism and nationalism. The Muslim Brotherhood was especially bad, and I have no regrets executing Sayyid Qutb. ALSO YOU ASSASSINATED ANWAR SADDAT <s>Even if he did make peace with Israel</s>!
*[[File:Fiscon.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism]] - F**k you, Sisi for ruining my country with your idiotic policies.
*[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - Pro-Zionist American scum. Get your dirty hands off the Middle East. <s>At least you helped me during the 1952 Egyptian Revolution…</s>
*[[File:Gaullismicon2.png]] [[Gaullism]] - Imperialist pig that kept Algeria in imperial chains. JULY 5, 1962 BEST DAY EVER! However, Thanks for signing the Évian Accords with me to not only end 8 years of the Algerian war of Independence, but also 132 years of French colonial rule in Algeria.
*[[File:OAS.png]] [[National Capitalism|OASism]] - You're worse than the guy above and your defeat means '''WOMP WOMP + TOO BAD SO SAD + I DON'T CARE + I DON'T GIVE A FUCK + GO CRY IN A CORNER + GO CRY BACK TO YOUR MOMMY + SAD TROMBONE SOUND'''
*[[File:Onenatcon.png]] [[One-Nation Conservatism]] - The canal is mine not yours!

==Further Information==
===Literature===
*[https://archive.org/details/ThePhilosophyOfTheRevolutionBookI/page/n37/mode/2up The Philosophy of the Revolution, Book I] by Gamal Abdel Nasser

=== Articles ===

* [https://nasseryouthmovement.net/religion-from-gamal-abdel-nassers-perspective Religion from Gamal Abdel Nasser’s perspective] by: Dr. Amr Sabih

===Wikipedia===
*[[File:Absoc.png]] [[w:Arab_socialism|Arab Socialism]]
*[[File:Nasser.png]] [[w:Nasserism|Nasserism]]

====People====
*[[File:Nasser2.png]] [[w:Gamal_Abdel_Nasser|Gamal Abdel Nasser]]
*[[File:Aflaq.png]] [[w:Michel_Aflaq|Michel Aflaq]]
*[[File:AhmedBenBella.png]] [[w:Ahmed_Ben_Bella|Ahmed Ben Bella]]

====Political parties====
*[[File:Nasser.png]] [[w:Arab_Socialist_Union_(Egypt)|Arab Socialist Union]]
*[[File:FLN.png]] [[w:National_Liberation_Front_(Algeria)|National Liberation Front (Algeria)]]

===Notes===
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===References===
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===Portraits and Artwork===
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===Comics===
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Fruitrollupgod-Assad.png|''"Assad stayed... if only the others could stay too."'' by u/fruitrollupgod, [https://www.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/comments/n526ua/assad_stayed_if_only_the_others_could_too/ Source]
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