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SSNP Emblem

SSNP Anthem

SSNP Emblem

The emblem of the Party is called AL- ZOUBA'A and it has the following geometrical form:

To explain the idea for which AL-ZOUBA'A stands it is necessary to refer to the philosophy of Social Nationalism itself. What is the substance of the philosophy of Social Nationalism? Or otherwise, can we suggest the philosophy by reference to a few ideas?

As far as the latter question is concerned our answer is yes. The ideas: Well-assimilated community, domestic peace, societal tolerance, national solidarity, non- discrimination, the priority of the interests of the community, and similar ideas could connote the representation of AL-ZOUBA'A or approximate its meaning.

The best approach to the understanding of the basic idea which AL-ZOUBA'A stands for is to try the following intellectual experiment:

Think of a territory T (Australia, France, or what not) and think of multi- cultural ethnic groups settling in the territory. Furthermore, think of the different citizens being tolerant toward each other so that the daily social process of assimilation could go on without hindrances. Then you will be finding out AL-ZOUBA'A of the Territory T. This is the general principle underlying AL-ZOUBA'A.

In particular, the territory of Syria which consists of Lebanon, small Syria of Damascus, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Kuwait, and Cyprus is the locality of culturally different communities which could be classified broadly in terms of Christianity and Islam. The spiritual emblem of the Moslems is the Crescent and that of the Christians is the Cross. The nation emerging from the intermixture, intermarriage, social tolerance and assimilation of the Syrian citizens, being a new reality, require a new emblem to stand for it. This emblem is the Syrian ZOUBA'A.

The above diagrams explain geometrically the amalgamation of the Crescent and the Cross into AL-ZOUBA'A.

AL-ZOUBA'A with red colour is located in the middle of the flag of the Party inside a white circle surrounded by black rectangle. The relatedness of the three colours could be read as follows: The (red) dawn of national unity emerges with a (white) day whose brightness destroys the (darkness) of social discrimination and domestic antagonism.

Beside the four ends of AL-ZOUBA'A we usually find the following readings: Freedom, Duty, Discipline, and Power. In the literature of the Party the four readings intended to mean that by social freedom, social duty, social discipline, and social power AL-ZOUBA'A works and asserts its constructiveness and not by social servitude, social irresponsibility, social chaos, and social collapse.


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SSNP Anthem

 
Following is a paraphrase the anthem of the Party. We think that the anthem contains an idea which is basic to the philosophy of Social Nationalism, namely, the idea of Peace. The anthem which is
formulated in verse consists of four parts besides its beginning which is repeated after every part as it is the main verse which contains the idea of Peace.

(THE BEGINNING: THE MAIN PART)

Peace (be) unto Syria, Which is (our) enlightenment, Peace (be) unto Syria, Which we will sacrifice for.

(THE FIRST PART)

We are a nation that will never budge To the greedy dictators, Our land has an undiminishing resource, of well-received men.

(THE SECOND PART)

Everything in (Syria) is beautiful, Everybody is generous, Its climate is clear and healthy, Its People is lively and great.

(THE THIRD PART)

O' Mountains that shoot high, and manifest like the castles, O' Souls that are unreachably high, Over the Times of Death.

(THE FOURTH PART)

The Revival has shaken ages, and washed away our inactivity, We certainly are a Nation, And a life that never disappears

A question arises as to why the idea of Peace is considered basic in the philosophy of Social Nationalism?

The answer to this question resides in the cultural history of Syria itself:

(i) The so-called Babylonian Genises, an epic that goes back to about three thousand years B.C., is a cosmology of peace. It tells about the all-powerful God Merduk who defeated Tiamat which stood for
worldly chaos. Merduk created the Sun, the Earth the Stars, and Order in the World so that it would become a peaceful place to live in

(ii) The so-called Stoicism i.e. the philosophy of Zeno, the ancient Syrian from Phoenicia advocated the idea of peace. Again, It was cosmopolitan peace, which involved the whole world. According to Zeno
the world was a cosmopolis i.e. one city. By this he intended a moral principle which amounted to saying all men were fellow men. In other word, men and women should treat each other as if they were
citizens of the same city of the world.

(iii) Then there is Christianity whose well- known substance is peace on earth.

(iv) Then there is Islam which is as peace-ful as Christianity.

To conclude we can say that the idea of peace is very essential in the Middle- Eastern culture generally and in Syria particularly. Hence the philosopny of Social Nation-alism cannot dispense with the idea of
peace in addressing itself to the peoples of Syria.

On the other hand the philosophy of Social Nationalism could not disregard the general trends of thought in the modern times particularly after the two World Wars and the experiments of two Worldly
Organisa-tions, namely, the League of Nations and the United Nations. Obviously, the international institutions presuppose the reality of nations and national states.

Saadeh's Social Nationalism involves a conception of peace that is both domestic and worldly. It is domestic as it is effective in bringing various conflicting elements in Syria together. It is inter-national as it
advocates the establishment of an Arab League as an institution that should (and could) contribute to peace in the Middle East in particular and the World at large. Furthermore, the internal peace of any
nation is contributive to World peace while internal violence would attract outside interferences, hence international war.



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