Philosophy of the Urban Guerilla, by Abraham Guillen

[Os Cangaceiros]

According to Wikipedia, Abraham Guillen was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, affiliated with the CNT/FAI. He was captured by the Nationalists, condemned to die, but managed to escape from prison. After the war he went to Argentina, where he worked as an economics consultant for the Argentinian government and economics periodicals. He was suspected of (and briefly imprisoned for) being a suspected member or affiliate of multiple underground organizations, most notably the Tupamaros. He also wrote a book which he considered to be the counterpoint to Che's theories concerning rural insurrection.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone had read his work and had any thoughts on it.

[syndicat]

Actually he spent more time in Uruguay than Argentina. he was an influential member of the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation. during the years leading up to the dictatorship, FAU formed an armed struggle group OPR33, and the manual I believe is related to that experience. I don't think he was connected with the Tupomaros. He was an opponent of foco-ismo, which emphasizes a rural base. OPR33 was formed to provide armed defense of militant worker strikes. FAU had members in many unions and was part of the leadership of the National Convention of Workers (CNT), and thus OPR33 wasn't formed independently or, or without connection to, the workers who it existed to defend.

[Rowan Duffy]

I've read the book and it's worth reading for people who are interested in guerrilla military theory. It may also be interesting for people who want context to the historical situation in Uruguay and Argentina in this time period. As syndicat mentioned, it presents a view contrary to foqoismo and is useful for that reason.

Guillén acted as a military advisor for the Tupamuros. Some of his criticisms of the military strategies of the movement are given in this book, an excerpt of which is available here (http://red-anti-state.blogspot.com/2010/01/assessment-of-uruguayan-tupamaros.html).

I intend to transcribe more of the book when I have time.