Muammar Gaddafi
Libyan revolutionary and politician who was the de facto leader of Libya from 1969 until 2011; he led the Libyan Arab Republic and later the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya before being overthrown and killed during the 2011 civil war.
Books
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1. The Green Book
The Solution to the Problem of Democracy
A three-part political manifesto that presents a “Third Universal Theory” rejecting representative parliaments and political parties in favor of direct rule through popular committees and congresses; it denounces both capitalism and orthodox communism and proposes an economy based on social ownership, worker control of production and the abolition of wage exploitation for major resources; the final section addresses social and cultural issues—emphasizing the family, the role of women, education, and religion—and offers prescriptive views on how communities should organize daily life; overall the work combines anti‑imperialist rhetoric with a blueprint for radical restructuring of political, economic, and social institutions.
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2. Gaddafi's "The Green Book"
A concise political manifesto that outlines a self-styled "third" political theory rejecting both Western representative democracy and Soviet-style socialism in favor of direct popular governance through local committees and people’s congresses; it advocates worker and communal control of production, the abolition of exploitative wage labor, and national control of resources. Mixing socialist economic prescriptions with appeals to cultural traditions and family roles, it emphasizes participatory grassroots decision-making, anti-imperialism, social justice, and a redefinition of freedom and democracy as continuous popular involvement rather than electoral representation.
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