Corrective Movement (Syria)
November 13, 1970 · Damascus
Political, social, and economic program launched by Hafez al-Assad after his seizure of power in the 1970 Ba'athist coup in Syria. It reversed predecessor Salah Jadid's radical socialist policies, expanded mass Ba'ath recruitment, and introduced limited liberalization, while militarizing Syria, centralizing power in the presidency, and building a totalitarian Assadist dictatorship.
