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REVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL CHANGE IN COLOMBIA
Broken line indicates possible but not formal
Bolivarian Movement for a New Colombia (MBNC)
Clandestine Colombian Communist Party (PCCC)
Urban militias
FARC-EP Secretariat and combatant forces
Militias
Popular militias
Figure 2.4 The FARC-EP’s interlinking support and solidarity structure Source: information obtained through observational research in 2004.
and seven members of the FARC-EP, it was clear to me that a reciprocal dialog exists between rural civilians and the guerrilla. Certain issues were mutually agreed upon and others aggressively debated. One comandante of the FARC-EP claimed that such differences of opinion were the only way in which the guerrillas and community members could work together to create better community-based policy. While I never experienced a heated argument between any FARC-EP member and local civilians, it was more than evident that differences arose when some locals expressed their desire for the guerrillas to increase the number of educational classes (in literacy, writing, and so on) offered to the public. Roughly six persons in the audience claimed there was a desire and need for classes to be held every morning. In response, the guerrillas tried to explain that they could not hold daily daytime lessons for security reasons. Interested civilians would have to either attend evening classes (held
