NCJ Number
34207
Date Published
1972
Length
13 pages
Annotation
GOVERNMENTS LACK AN EFFECTIVE URBAN STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH GUERRILLAS; THIS STRATEGY SHOULD BE BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT CURING THE POLITICAL ILLS OR COOPTING PARTS OF THE GUERRILLAS' PLATFORM WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE.
Abstract
A PROACTIVE GOVERNMENT PLAN (ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES WITH RAPID URBANIZATION) WOULD BE TO ABSORB THE SHOCK OF URBANIZATION FOR A DECADE OR SO UNTIL INDUSTRY COULD PROVIDE JOBS FOR THOSE UPROOTED FROM TRADITIONAL CULTURES. THIS COULD BE DONE BY PROVIDING GUARANTEED GOVERNMENT JOBS AND BY PROVIDING LEGITIMATE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT. THE AUTHOR ALSO DISCUSSES THE GUERRILLAS' STRATEGY. IT IS CONCEPTUALIZED IN FIVE STAGES. THE FIRST IS TO GAIN PUBLICITY THROUGH ASSASSINATIONS, BOMBINGS, AND OTHER SENSATIONAL TACTICS. THE NEXT STEP IS TO BOLSTER THE RANKS AND ENLARGE THE ORGANIZATION. STAGE THREE IS TO ISOLATE THE POLICE FROM THE CITIZENRY AND TERRORISTS ALIKE. THIS WILL, HOPEFULLY, BE FOLLOWED BY INTENSE GOVERNMENT REPRESSION THAT WILL CREATE NUMEROUS NEW CAUSES. THE FINAL STAGE RELIES ON THE COORDINATION OF THE MASS MOVEMENTS THAT HAVE ARISEN WITH THE TACTICS OF THE RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ORGANIZERS. SEE ALSO NCJ-32747 FOR A MORE DETAILED EXPOSITION OF THE GUERRILLAS' STRATEGY.