Challenges of Legitimacy and Political Influence

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This chapter explores the lack of legitimacy in a seemingly democratic government, focusing on the oppression of Palestinian refugees and the marginalization of certain groups within a sectarian-based system. It also delves into the political dynamics in Lebanon in 1958, involving efforts to secure American support to counter perceived threats of communism and the influence of figures with Islamophobic and colonialist views.

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the SEVENTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment lays out the the US’s Eisenhower Doctrine, which in 1957 inaugurated a new era of imperialism in the Middle East; the Ba’ath Party driving Syria and Egypt into the United Arab Republic, a superstate under Nasser’s rule, in 1958; and, later that year, Eisenhower landing US Marines in Lebanon, the first American combat operation in the region. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our newsletter and vast archives at thedigradio.com Buy Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat at versobooks.com Subscribe to Jacobin bit.ly/digjacobin