The Left Current in Egypt and its Attitude toward the Internal and External Policies 1955-1957

The Egyptian Left Current, with its parties and organizations, has played a prominent role on the Egyptian political scene since its beginning in 1921. It was one of the influential political currents, but after receiving a blow following the dissolution of political parties in 1954 and the arrest of its leaders, its position on the policy of President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1954-1970) fluctuated between opposition and support according to the internal or external political situation. The research aims to trace the course of the positions of the left forces in their diversity towards the internal and external policy events that Egypt experienced during the period 1955-1957 and the reflection of those positions on the relationship between the authority and the opposition and to analyze the reflection of the external political influence on the Egyptian internal policy. The importance of the research is that it is an attempt to shed light on the path and positions of the Egyptian left forces on internal and external policy during the years 1955-1957 and the influence of the external actor on the Egyptian internal policy and the relationship of the authority with the forces of the left, and the impact of the Egyptian orientation towards the socialist camp and the communist parties and the change in their positions on the government of the revolution and its support for it in conjunction with the political system in Egypt being challenged by the 1956 tripartite aggression, the construction of the High Dam, and the rejection of the projects of Western military alliances, which prompted many left-wing forces to integrate into the Egyptian political system represented by the National Union.