[7][8] The party rejected the Ba'athist ideology of Michel Aflaq as reactionary and backward-looking.
[8] This split in the Ba'ath Party emerged parallel to the growth of leftist dissent in the Arab Nationalist Movement.
[13] During the "Damascus Spring", the initial period of Bashar al-Assad's rule, the party could meet somewhat undisturbed under the guise of the 'Left Forum'.
On June 30, 2011 the party took part in forming the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change.
[2] On October 10, 2011, the party decided to withdraw from the Coordination, but retained its commitment to working with the National Democratic Rally.