La liberté et le rôle des masses Nous revendiquons l'indépendance et la liberté parce qu'il s'agit d'une cause juste, et parce qu'elles sont les moyens de libérer les dons et capacités créatrices qui nous permettront de réaliser sur ce sol, qui est notre terre, notre objectif et celui de chaque homme, l'humanité entière. «L'âge de l'héroïsme - 1931». Le gouvernement peut emprisonner, exiler et persécuter un individu ou des individus, mais que peut-il faire devant une nouvelle génération qui, dans son ensemble, met au-dessus de tout les qualités morales et la nostalgie de l'héroïsme, qui a juré...
Le Socialisme Si l'on m'interrogeait sur ma prédilection pour le socialisme, je répondrais que ce que j'en attends, ce n'est pas l'augmentation de la richesse des usines, mais l'augmentation de la richesse de la vie. Mon souci est moins que les hommes soient égaux matériellement que de permettre à chaque individu d'exprimer ses dons et ses qualités en puissance. Ecrasé de misère, le travailleur ne verra peut-être dans le socialisme que la promesse d'obtenir ce dont il est privé. Pour ma part, je le considère comme l'acte de donner, généreusement et sans cesse. Donner le socialisme, c'est rendre...
Notre héritage socioculturel Tout ce que l'Islam a accompli sur le plan des victoires et du développement culturel était déjà en germe dans les vingt premières années du message. Avant de conquérir des territoires, les Arabes s'étaient conquis eux-mêmes et étaient descendus au plus profond de leur âme. Avant de gouverner des nations, ils avaient appris à se gouverner eux-mêmes, ils avaient maîtrisé leurs passions et étaient devenus maîtres de leur volonté. «A la mémoire du Prophète arabe - Avril 1943». On ne nous verra peut-être pas prier avec les orants ou jeûner avec les abstinents; néanmoins,...
" In Memory of the Arab Prophet " ميشيل عفلق Michel Aflaq / ستيفان بردي Stéphane Parédé
In Memory of the Arab Prophet Michel Aflaq Lecture Delivered on the 5th of April 1943 at the University of Damascus Translated by Ziad el Jishi The Arab Personality Between Past and Present When we gather on these festive occasions, I ponder a question: what is the worthiness of talk? We have not witnessed in our history a time when talk has been more abundant than it is today. Despite this abundance of excessive rhetoric, we are witness to a time when we are the least productive and the least dynamic. Is it possible then that all this talk has paralyzed and de-activated us, whereas it was supposed...
Arab Unity The cooperation realized by the Arab League charter is inadequate since this cooperation could take place among countries different from each other in language, race and history as they are far from each other regionally and separated from each other by continents. The charter, taken as a whole, is a confirmation of the present state of fragmentation in the Arab world, and an emphasis on the rulers' personal urges. It is also acquiescence on the part of League's states, to the policy of the "fait accompli", which made it easy for them to retreat before the designs of the foreigners on...
Freedom and The Role of the Masses We want independence and liberty because they are right and just and because they are the means to the release of our great gifts and creative capacities, so that we can realise on this earth, which is our land, our aim and the aim of every man--complete humanity. (The age of heroism, 1 -1935) The government can imprison, and exile and persecute an individual and individuals, but what can it do with a new generation in its entirety, a generation which sanctifies right and longs for heroism, which vows that Arabism shall have a face other than the one which the...
On Socialism If I were asked about my predilection towards socialism I would answer: with regard to this issue what I aspire to is not to increase the wealth of factories but that of life. My concern is not that people should be equal in the distribution of food but that every individual should be allowed to exploit his talents and potential. The laborer crushed by his misery may not find in socialism anything except a promise that he may take what he is deprived of, but I view it as continuous and generous giving, as giving to life many times what it has offered us. (The wealth of life, 1 -1936)...
On Heritage Everything that Islam has achieved in victories and culture was in the germinal stage in the first twenty years of the message. Before they conquered the lands, the Arabs had conquered themselves and penetrated into the innermost of their souls. Before they governed nations, they governed themselves and controlled their passions and were in possession of their wills. (In memory of the Arab Prophet, 1 -April, 1943) We might not be seen among those who pray and we might not fast with those who fast, but we believe in God because we are in dire need of Him. Our burden is onerous, our road...
The Humanitarian Role of the Arab Revolution The Arabs are doing harm to humanity by their weakness, for they do not occupy an effective place among nations. In this state they jeopardise themselves as well as the others as they are a battleground of rivalries, greed and imperialism, which has entered the Arab lands. The greatest service the Arabs can render to humanity is to rise with their nationality to the level of humanity. (The abstract thinking, 1 1943) Thus things will reassume their natural form and reveal themselves as they are. The Arabs will then be convinced, as will the whole world,...
The Struggle We have never believed that the stage of construction had come. Construction cannot take place except in a unified Arab nation liberated from all vestiges of foreign domination and influence. But our present task, after the foreigners have evacuated some of our regions, and their occupation of other regions has become less concentrated, is to build up the national struggle and strongly consolidate it. (Our cause is still that of nationalist liberation, 4 -Al-Baath -August 19, 1946) Real struggle can never be destruction, negativeness or inaction. It is creativeness, building, and a...
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