Socialism in Egypt

Socialism in Egypt as a political movement dates back to the early 20th century, with the founding of the first Egyptian Socialist Party in 1921. Despite facing severe state repression throughout the eras, Egyptian organized labor has consistently fought for greater worker rights against capitalism. Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser developed a special type of Third-World Socialism, dubbed Nasserism, which has inspired many Arab and African socialist movements, such as the FLN in Algeria and the Third International Theory in Libya. While Egypt transitioned towards capitalism under President Anwar Sadat, Egyptian socialists have remained as harsh critics of privatization and neoliberalism in Egypt. Workers' uprisings in early 2000s Egypt under President Hosni Mubarak eventually exploded into the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.

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