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or break while rural guerrilla warfare has not yet erupted and is not at the point of trumph. we alwavs sun the fatal error of permitting the enemy to attack us with decisive laws. The fourth sin of the urban querrilla is to exaggerate his strength and to undertake projects for which he lacks forces and. as yet, does not hase the required infrastructure The fifth stn of the urban querniio 1s precipttous 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 action, 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 guerrilla is his identi- fication with popular causes to win pubhe support Where government actions become inept and cotrupt. 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 urban quernija to attack the dictatorships tax collection system and to obstruct its financial activity, throwing all the weight of violent revolutionary action against st. ‘Vhe urban guernita fights not onfy to upset the tax and collection system: the arin of revolutionary violence must also be directed against those government organs that raise prices and those who direct them. as well as against the wealthiest of the national and foreign profiteers and the important property owners: in short. against alf those who accumulate huge fortunes out of the high cost of hving, the wages of hunger. excessive prices and rents. Foreign trusts. suck as refrigeration and other North American plants that monopolize the market and the manufacture of gencral food supplies. must be systematically attacked by the urban guerrilla. The rebellion of the urban guerrilla and his persistence in inter- vening i public questions is the best way of insuring public support of the giuse we defend. We repeat and insist on repeating: if is the best wy 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 fife in the city unbearable. The military dictatorship embarks on massive political persecution. Polit- ical assassinations and police terror become routine. In spite of all thi ¢ systematically fail. The armed forces. the p 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 eof all sr Sues