The Green Book

The Green Book

Muammar al-Qaddafi

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Contents

The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People

1 The Instrument Of Government

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2 Parliaments

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3 The Party

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4 Class

17

5 Plebiscites

21

6 Popular Conferences And People's Committees

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7 The Law Of Society

27

8 Who Supervises The Conduct Of Society?

31

9 How Can Society Redirect Its Course When Devia-

tions From Its Laws Occur?

33

10 The Press

35

The Solution of the Economic Problem: Socialism

11 The Economic Basis Of The Third Universal Theory 41

12 Need

49

13 Housing

51

14 Income

53

15 Means Of Transportation

55

16 Land

57

17 Domestic Servants

65

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CONTENTS

The Social Basis of The Third Universal Theory

18 The Social Basis Of The Third Universal Theory

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19 The Family

73

20 The Tribe

75

21 The Merits Of The Tribe

77

22 The Nation

79

23 Woman

85

24 Minorities

95

25 Black People Will Prevail In The World

97

26 Education

99

27 Music And Art

101

28 Sport, Horsemanship And The Stage

103

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Part I

The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the

People

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The Instrument Of Government

The instrument of government is the prime political problem confronting human communities (The problem of the instrument of government entails questions of the following kind. What form should the exercise of authority assume? How ought societies to organize themselves politically in the modern world?)

Even conflict within the family is often the result of the failure to resolve this problem of authority. It has clearly become more serious with the emergence of modern societies.

People today face this persistent question in new and pressing ways. Communities are exposed to the risks of uncertainty, and suffer the grave consequences of wrong answers. Yet none has succeeded in answering it conclusively and democratically. THE GREEN BOOK presents the ultimate solution to the problem of the proper instrument of government.

All political systems in the world today are a product of the struggle for power between alternative instruments of government. This struggle may be peaceful or armed, as is evidenced among classes, sects, tribes, parties or individuals. The outcome is always the victory of a particular governing structure ? be it that of an individual, group, party or class ? and the defeat of the people; the defeat of genuine democracy.

Political struggle that results in the victory of a candidate with, for example, 51 per cent of the votes leads to a dictato-

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CHAPTER 1. THE INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT

rial governing body in the guise of a false democracy, since 49 per cent of the electorate is ruled by an instrument of government they did not vote for, but which has been imposed upon them. Such is dictatorship. Besides, this political conflict may produce a governing body that represents only a minority. For when votes are distributed among several candidates, though one polls more than any other, the sum of the votes received by those who received fewer votes might well constitute an overwhelming majority. However, the candidate with fewer votes wins and his success is regarded as legitimate and democratic! In actual fact, dictatorship is established under the cover of false democracy. This is the reality of the political systems prevailing in the world today. They are dictatorial systems and it is evident that they falsify genuine democracy.

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