The Progressive Liberation Front (Arabic: جبهة التحرير التقدمي, commonly known by its acronym 'جات', Gat) was a small communist organization in Egypt. The organization emerged in 1948 as a split from the Democratic Movement for National Liberation (HADITU).[1][2] Leaders of Gat included Issamuddin Jilal, Ahmed Taha, Ismail Jibr, Salah Salma and Ehia al-Mazsi.[2]

Gat merged with HADITU-Revolutionary Action, but Gat was reconstituted when HADITU-Revolutionary Action ceased to function. In 1950, Gat rejoined HADITU, but remained a separately fraction in the Egyptian communist movement during various years of the 1950s. Ahmed Taha was the sole Gat member on the Central Committee of HADITU.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ismael, Tareq Y., and Rifʻat Saʻīd. The Communist Movement in Egypt, 1920-1988. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1990. p. 65
  2. 1 2 Markaz Al-Buḥūth 'arabīyah Wa Al-Ifrīqīyah. Shahādāt wa-ruʼá al-Juzʼ al-khāmis. Al-Qāhirah: [s.n, 2007. pp. 188-189


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