revolutionary action movement (ram) - Michael Schwartz Library

ABSTRACT
POLITICAL SCIENCE
STANFORD, MAXWELL CURTIS B .A ., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1976
RevolutionarZ Action Movement (RAM) : A Case Study of an Urban Revolutionary
Movement in Western Cap i talist Society
Adviser :
Professor Lawrence Moss
Thesis dated May, 1986
The primary intent of this thesis is to present a political descriptive
analysis of the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM),
an urban revolutionary
movement active in the 1960's . An attempt has been made to por
tray the historical context, the organization, ideology of the RAM organization
and response of the state to the activities of the organization .
The thesis presents a methodological
approach to developing a paradigm
in which the study of urban revolutionary movements is part of a
rational analysis . The thesis also explains concepts and theories that
are presented later in the text . A review of black radical activity from
1900 to 1960 is given to provide the reader with historical background information
of the events and personalities which contributed to
the development
of RAM . A comparative analysis is made between urban revolutionary
movements in Latin America and the United States in order to show that the
RAM organization was part of a worldwide urban phenomenon .
The scope of the thesis is to present an analysis of the birth, early
beginnings of RAM as a national organization, and Malcolm X's impact on
the organization . The thesis also covers RAM's organizational activities