''Instructions for an Armed Uprising'', written in 1866 by

Auguste Blanqui Louis Auguste Blanqui (; 8 February 1805 – 1 January 1881) was a French socialist and political activist, notable for his revolutionary theory of Blanquism. Biography Early life, political activity and first imprisonment (1805–1848) ...

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on revolutionary theory and a practical manual for staging an armed rebellion. It outlines the use of ''

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s'', or ten-person clandestine militant cells, which operate autonomously of each other as a vanguard for the overthrow of a government.

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