revolutionary action movement (ram) - Michael Schwartz Library

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MDAE stands for :
M--mechanization
D--money
A--arms
E--explosives
These are the essential things urban guerrillas have to consider if they
are going to be successful . One thing Marighella states is "Every good
urban guerrilla must be a good driver,"
Five things the urban guerrilla
must do says the author are :
1 . take the enemy by surprise
2 . know the terrain better than the enemy
3 . have greater mobility and speed than the enemy
4 . have a better information service than the enemy
5 . be in command of the situation and demonstrate decisiveness .
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Marighella describes different types of action models for the urban guerrilla
which are armed assault attacks, the bank assault, raids and occupa
tions of government buildings, factories, schools and radio stations, ambushes,
street tactics,
strikes and work interruptions, seizures and expropriations
of arms,
liberation of prisoners, executions, kidnapping,
sabotage, terrorism, armed propaganda and psychological war . Other essentials
are, in carrying out actions, the urban guerrilla group never abandons
a wounded urban guerrilla, either at the
site of action, or to be left
to fall into the enemy's hands . Marighella describes what he considers to
be the seven sins or weaknesses of the urban guerrilla . They are inexperience,
boasting about actions, vanity, exaggerating one's own strength,
15 Robert Moss, Urban Guerrilla Warfare (London : The International
Institute for Strategies Studies, 1971), p . 26 .