Urban guerrilla refers to someone who fights a government or dictatorship using unconventional warfare in an urban environment (see: guerrilla tactics). Many have been on the left-wing of the political spectrum (especially in Latin America), claiming to fight for the "liberation of their people"; more recently, urban guerilla warfare has become common in the Middle East, often waged by Islamist or nationalist forces that would be considered on the right-wing of the political spectrum. The urban guerrilla phenomenon is essentially one of modernity and industrialised society. Urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of man-made structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Guerrilla (also called a partisan) is a term borrowed from Spanish (from guerra meaning war) used to describe small combat groups. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... Modern can simply mean something that is up-to-date, trendy, new, or from the present time. ... Industrialisation (or industrialization) or an industrial revolution (in general, with lowercase letters) is a process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a pre-industrial to an industrial state. ...

Unlike rural guerillas, urban guerrillas have not often been successful at overthrowing a government and talking power. During the 1960s, urban guerrillas such as the Montoneros in Latin America intended to destabilize civilian governments and put into power an oppressive military government which they believed would cause the middle classes to rise up in popular revolt. In many cases they did succeed on overthrowing the civilian government prompting a military government to take control and brutally wipe out the guerillas with general disregard for human rights. The Movimiento Peronista Montonero was an Argentinian radical criminal leftist guerrilla group, active during the 1970s that committed many violent asesinations. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...

Historical examples include the Weathermen and the Symbionese Liberation Army in the United States, the Red Army Faction in Germany and the Red Brigades in Italy. The PLO and Hezbollah in Lebanon, groups such as Hamas in the Palestinian territories, and the insurgent forces in Iraq are other examples. However, not all urban political violence can be labeled as urban guerrilla. The Black Panther Party does not qualify, due to its public nature and pursuit of a policy of self-defence. Similarly the Italian Autonomia movement, and the German Autonomen engaged in urban political violence, but not as urban guerrillas due to their policies of public, mass and non-deadly violence. Weather Underground redirects here. ... Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people The motto of the Symbionese Liberation Army The Symbionese Liberation Army was an American group that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army and was a proponent of radical leftist ideology. ... RAF Logo with red star and MP5 The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, or the Baader-Meinhof Gang, which was one of the core groups within the RAF, was postwar Western Germanys most active left-wing terrorist organization. ... The Red Brigade (Brigate Rosse) is a militant group located in Italy. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Hezbollah flag Hezbollah (Arabic ‮حزب الله‬, meaning Party of God, for other designations or alternative spellings, see name part of this article) is a political and military party in Lebanon founded in 1982 to fight Israel in southern Lebanon. ... The Hamas emblem shows two crossed swords, the Dome of the Rock, and a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). ... Jump to: navigation, search The neutrality of the intro is disputed. ... Logo of the Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party (originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a revolutionary, Black nationalist organization in the United States that formed in the late 1960s and grew to national prominence before falling apart due to a combination of internal problems... ... ...

The line between an urban guerrilla or freedom fighter and terrorist is often considered to be a blurred one. The term urban guerrilla is also used to refer to westerners who support subversive politics and take part in different forms of protest like culture jamming. Look up terrorist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Demonstrators march through the intersection of 18th and M Streets NW in Washington DC at the A16 demonstration against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ... Culture jamming is the act of using existing mass media to comment on those very media themselves, using the original mediums communication method. ...

Urban guerrilla oftens forces a regular army to enter a city and engage in urban warfare against the guerrillas, often resulting in heavy casualties to all parties involved and great damage to property and civilian infrastructure. Urban warfare is warfare conducted in populated urban areas such as towns and cities. ...

At the start of her trial in 1974, when Patty Hearst was asked her occupation, she said she was an urban guerrilla. Patricia Campbell Hearst, better known as Patty Hearst (born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress and socialite. ...

Urban Guerrilla is also the name of a single record released in the United Kingdom by the band Hawkwind in 1974, but rapidly withdrawn following a terrorist outrage. Urban Guerrilla is the name of a single 45 rpm record released in the United Kingdom by the band Hawkwind in 1974, but rapidly withdrawn following a terrorist outrage. ... Hawkwind is a British rock music group. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

External links

• http://www.baader-meinhof.com/students/resources/print/minimanual/manualtext.html
• http://www.guerrillanews.com/