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... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > political and social movements (Latin America and Caribbean) > urban guerrilla movements
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urban guerrilla movements  

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  • Guerrillas, traditionally, are irregular insurgent forces with significant popular support who seek to wage hitand-run campaigns against superior forces. Guerrilla forces arise for a variety of reasons—to resist foreign occupying troops, as in the Greek and French resistance to Fascist and Nazi occupation or the Spanish opposition to Napoleon; to fight against national oppressive forces, such as the FMLN in El Salvador or SWAPO in Namibia; or to seek radical political transformation in a rapid fashion, as in the case of the Maoist forces in Nepal, the mujahideen in Afghanistan, and the Zapatistas in Mexico. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Urban Guerrilla Movements]

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