The Progressive Liberation Front ( ar, جبهة التحرير التقدمي, commonly known by its acronym 'جات', ''Gat'') was a small
communist
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organization in
Egypt. The organization emerged in 1948 as a split from the
Democratic Movement for National Liberation (HADITU).
[Ismael, Tareq Y., and Rifʻat Saʻīd. ]
The Communist Movement in Egypt, 1920-1988
'. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1990. p. 65[Markaz Al-Buḥūth 'arabīyah Wa Al-Ifrīqīyah. ]
Shahādāt wa-ruʼá al-Juzʼ al-khāmis
'. Al-Qāhirah: [s.n, 2007. pp. 188-189 Leaders of Gat included Issamuddin Jilal, Ahmed Taha, Ismail Jibr, Salah Salma and Ehia al-Mazsi.
Gat merged with HADITU-Revolutionary Action, but Gat was reconstituted when HADITU-Revolutionary Action ceased to function. In 1950, Gat rejoined HADITU, but remained a separately fraction in the Egyptian communist movement during various years of the 1950s. Ahmed Taha was the sole Gat member on the Central Committee of HADITU.
References
Defunct communist parties in Egypt
Political parties established in 1948
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