Arab communist parties slavishly followed Soviet policy and lost legitimacy

Evidence

Despite these successes, the CPs were severely hampered by their adherence to Stalinist politics. They vacillated on important questions. When the Soviet Union declared support for the United Nations’ partition plan for Palestine, despite massive popular opposition to this plan in the Arab world, the CPs went along with it. Later, when the Soviet Union changed its position and turned against Israel, the CPs simply followed suit. They also shifted between support for and opposition to nationalist parties as Soviet policies changed. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 335

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Communist parties were the real alternative that squandered the vacuum — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 333; Arab regimes in the 1970s deliberately backed Islamists against secular nationalists and the left — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 372; Arab nationalism failed concretely on unity, Palestine, and economics — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 329 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Communist parties surrendered independence to align with Ba’athist regimes #corroborates (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 336
• Arab nationalism failed concretely on unity, Palestine, and economics #corroborates (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 329
• Arab regimes in the 1970s deliberately backed Islamists against secular nationalists and the left #corroborates (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 372
• Saudi Wahhabism displaced Arab secular nationalism after the 1973 war #corroborates (0.45) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 235