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setae diteteden dh_anieteidaattniicentiaaetien iateceniidh snactt iiimtechntteditihapmeivatintl laud or break while rural guerrilla warfare has nor yet erupted and is not al the point of triumph. we always oun the fatal error of permitting the encimy to atrack us with decuive blaws. The fourth sin of the urban guerrilla is to exaqyerate his strength and to undertake projects for which he lacks forces and. as yet, does not hase the required infrastructure. The fifth sin of the urban querniia is precipitous action. The urban guerrilla who commits this sin loses patience. suffers an attack of nerves, does not wait for anything, and impetuously throws himself into acuon, suffering untold reverses. The sixth sin of the urban guerrilla is to attack the enemy when he is most angry. The seventh sin of the urban guerrilla is to fai) to plan things, and to act out of improvisation. Popular Support One of the permanent concerns of the urban querriila is his identi- fication with popular causes to win pubhe support. Where government actions become inept and corrupt. the urban, guerrilla should not hesitate to step in to show that he opposes the government and to gain mass sympathy. The present government, for example. imposes heavy financial burdens and excessively high taxes on the people. It is up to the urhan gucrmila wo attack the dictatorship's tax collection system and to obstruct its financia] activity. throwing all the weight of wolent revolutionary action against 3t.- ‘Yhe urban guerrilla fights not onfy to upset the tax and collection system: the arin of revolutionary violence must also be directed against those qoverninent organs that raise prices and those who direct them. as well as against the wealthicst of the national and foreign profiteers and the important property owners; in short. against all those who accumulate huge fortunes out of the high cost of living, the wages of hunger. excessive prices and rents. ; Foreign trusts. such as refrigeration and other North American plants that monopolize the market and the manufacture of general food supplies, must be systematically attacked by the urban guerrilla. bellion of the urban guerrilla and his persistence in inter- The re vening h public questions is the best way of insuring public support of the quuse we defend. We repeat and insist on repeating: i is the best way of insuring public support. As soon as a reasonable section of the fopulation begins to take seriously the action of the urban guer- rilla, his success is guaranteed. The government has no alternative except to intensify repression. The police networks, house searches. arrests of innocent people and of suspects. closing off streets. make life in the city unbearable. The military dictatorship embarks on massive political persecution. Polit- ical assassinations and police terror become routine. : In spite of all this. the police systematically fail) The armed forces. the navy. and the air force are mobilized and undertake routine polic: functions. Even so they find no way to halt guerrilla operations, nor 39 fi Zz - eee me oo ee a ee ~~ Bn ee ee eet = 2 eee, aioe atte Oe ee ee en Wet ere ee ee, ee