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.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf book
political manifesto
treatise
advocates collective ownership of production
people’s congresses
rule by popular committees
workers’ self-management
author Muammar Gaddafi
circulation widely distributed in Libya
color green
countryOfOrigin Libya
criticizes traditional party politics
wage labor
dividedInto three parts
firstPartPublicationYear 1975
firstPartTitle The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People
format three short volumes
ideology Third International Theory
influenced Libyan political system under Gaddafi
influencedBy Arab socialism
Islamic political thought
anti-imperialist movements
language Arabic
mediaAdaptations posters and slogans based on its text in Libya
namedAfter green color associated with Gaddafi’s revolution
opposes parliamentary systems
political parties
representative democracy
promotes Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
proposes system of direct popular rule
publicationPeriod 1975–1979
publisher Libyan state publishing organs
rejects capitalism
communism
secondPartPublicationYear 1977
secondPartTitle The Solution of the Economic Problem: Socialism
statusInLibya compulsory reading in schools and institutions under Gaddafi
subject economics
political theory
social organization
supports Arab nationalism
Islamic values
direct democracy
socialism
thirdPartPublicationYear 1979
thirdPartTitle The Social Basis of the Third International Theory
timePeriod Cold War era
usedAs ideological foundation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Third International Theory ("The Green Book, Part One")
Third International Theory ("The Green Book, Part Two")
Third International Theory ("The Green Book, Part Three")
codifiedIn
Third International Theory
formulatedInWork
Muammar Gaddafi
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