Welcome to this special series on the history of the Ba'ath Party which ruled Syria and Iraq for decades. It was the party of Saddam Hussein and Bashar al Assad – dictators who betrayed the party's founding fathers. An odd concoction of Arab Nationalism, Socialism, Nativism and Quasi-Fascism, the Ba'ath went from a relatively obscure group of schoolteachers to the defining political force in the Arab World.
In this first episode, Sam and Edgar discuss the party's beginnings as well as its rise to power.
This episode is available for free – the next three episodes in the series will be available at https://www.patreon.com/kalampodcast
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