Abstract:
This paper will examine the reasons for the emergence of the electoral coalition for the last May
2018 Iraqi parliamentary elections between the Sadrist (Islamic) movement, the large grassroot
movement in Iraq, which contains large marginalized people of lower classes, and the Marxist leftist
movement, the Communist Party in Iraq, which calls theoretically and practically to defend the
interests of the poor masses. What are the reasons for such alliance that was called Sairoon
(Marchers) between the two different ideologies and movements? How such alliance was received
by the public in Iraq? Has the coalition achieved tangible election results? What are the prospects of
such alliance? Can this alliance survive, or its path is a failure due to ideological differences and the
nature of leadership in the Sadrist movement? Can the alliance affect Iraq's political, economic and
social future? Finally, what is the near future of this alliance and the long-term effect. This paper will
try to answer these questions and to provide a political background for this event. |
