The struggle of the Iraqi political parties over the leadership of the student movement (October 1959-March 1961)

Abstract

The study period was set from October 1959, because this period was marked by the victory of the United Democratic Front, which represents students belonging to the Communist Party, and included important events, including the holding of the third conference of the General Student Union in January 1960, as well as the holding of the Sixth Conference of the Union International Students in Baghdad on the twelfth of January 1960, and the research also touched on the establishment of the Baath Party for the student vanguard in the first two publications in 1960, to compete with the General Union of Iraqi Students represented by communist students and to demand elections. The Iraqi Union of Iraqi Students until 1961, which is the end of study and research. The study found. The conflict and competition among students led to the weakening of the educational movement in Iraq during this period, and the political motive was the main factor of the conflict, especially there were two currents, the nationalists and the Baathists and the communist current to which most of the students belonged and was supported by the government, especially from Abdul Karim Qassem, but the role of the Ministry Education is neutral in most of these conflicts and calls on students to stay away from them, in order to preserve the educational sobriety in the country