Types of socialism de Saint-Simon's utopic/aristocratic socialism heritage, prioritizing social justice, a central government with direct democracy without parliament. The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (also known as the Ba'ath Party; ) is a secularist Pan-Arabist political party that synthesizes Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. It opposes Western imperialism and calls for the ethnic "awakening" or "resurrection" of the Arab people into a single united state. "Ba'ath", also spelled as "Ba'th" or "Baath", means resurrection or renaissance. The party's motto, "Unity, Liberty, Socialism" ("wahda, hurriya, ishtirakiya"), was inspired by the French Jacobin political doctrine linking national unity and social equity. In the slogan, "unity"
Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein sectarian free-for-all that had the effect, on the video recordings, of making Mr. Hussein, a mass murderer, appear dignified and restrained, and his executioners, representing Shi'ites who were his principal victims, seem like bullying street thugs." The British Pakistani writer Tariq Ali denounced the proceedings, contrasting more favorably the trials of Nazi criminals after World War II with the trial of Saddam, "Where Nuremberg was a more dignified application of victor's justice, Saddam's trial has, till now, been the crudest and most grotesque." Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein Reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussein were varied. Some