Document describing the history and development of communism in Lebanon, the founding of the Lebanese Communist Party, the magazine “Humanite,” links between the LCP and foreign countries, with a separate section for Armenia. Document also discusses Egyptian communist groups in Lebanon and the relationship between communist groups in different Arab countries.
1950
First Communist Cell in Lebanon
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Discusses the early years of the Communist Movement in Lebanon, the newspaper “Humanity” (al-insaniyya). Describes links between the Communist Party in Lebanon and foreign countries as well as in the Arab world, methods of Communist Propaganda
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Emir Farid Chehab Collection, GB165-0384, Box 9, File 19/9, Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony’s College, Oxford.
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2017-10-03
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