Agitation in the Streets

(Pressure From Below)

As the war raged on in Vietnam, left-wing extremists and agitators were stirring up crowds in the streets of America to protest the war. They attempted to create the impression that these were spontaneous protests that reflected popular opinion. The news media cooperated by ignoring the evidence of organization and funding.

Introduction to And Not a Shot is Fired

Explains this book's primary points, including how grassroots revolutionaries whip up the appearance of popular support for some cause through strikes, rallies, etc. This "pressure from below" by the small number of revolutionaries is then used to "justify" the centralization of power in the hands of the executive branch of the state. (1999)