The Green Book
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The Green Book is Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto outlining his idiosyncratic “Third International Theory,” which rejects both capitalism and communism and proposes a system of direct popular rule.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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political manifesto → treatise → |
| advocates |
collective ownership of production
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people’s congresses → rule by popular committees → workers’ self-management → |
| author |
Muammar Gaddafi
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| circulation |
widely distributed in Libya
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| color |
green
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| countryOfOrigin |
Libya
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| criticizes |
traditional party politics
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wage labor → |
| dividedInto |
three parts
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| firstPartPublicationYear |
1975
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| firstPartTitle |
The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People
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| format |
three short volumes
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| ideology |
Third International Theory
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| influenced |
Libyan political system under Gaddafi
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| influencedBy |
Arab socialism
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Islamic political thought → anti-imperialist movements → |
| language |
Arabic
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| mediaAdaptations |
posters and slogans based on its text in Libya
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| namedAfter |
green color associated with Gaddafi’s revolution
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| opposes |
parliamentary systems
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political parties → representative democracy → |
| promotes |
Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
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| proposes |
system of direct popular rule
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| publicationPeriod |
1975–1979
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| publisher |
Libyan state publishing organs
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| rejects |
capitalism
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communism → |
| secondPartPublicationYear |
1977
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| secondPartTitle |
The Solution of the Economic Problem: Socialism
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| statusInLibya |
compulsory reading in schools and institutions under Gaddafi
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| subject |
economics
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political theory → social organization → |
| supports |
Arab nationalism
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Islamic values → direct democracy → socialism → |
| thirdPartPublicationYear |
1979
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| thirdPartTitle |
The Social Basis of the Third International Theory
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| timePeriod |
Cold War era
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| usedAs |
ideological foundation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Third International Theory
("The Green Book, Part One")
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Third International Theory ("The Green Book, Part Two") → Third International Theory ("The Green Book, Part Three") → |
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Third International Theory
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formulatedInWork |
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Muammar Gaddafi
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