Even defeated uprisings persist through the hidden act of keeping arms

Evidence

But the junta could not and will not be able to reach its essential objective: the recovery of the arms held by the miners and peasants. The army advanced, but the arms were hidden. Nobody responded to the invitation to turn over their guns. Without leadership the defeat was inevitable and the miners had to retreat. But they were not broken: proof—the hidden arms. Nobody hides a weapon—at the risk of death or of the loss of his wages, which in Bolivia is almost the same thing—if it is not in order to continue the resistance, if he is not already, by this act alone, continuing the battle. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 53

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with Fanon’s core theme that the colonized peoples’ armed struggle is psychological and existential, not merely military. — connects to: Military defeat of the rebellion coincided with its growing political entrenchment among civilians; Oppressed people maintained a continuous, dignified resistance throughout history; State power and force never extinguished liberationist rebellions (+5 more)

Related

• State power and force never extinguished liberationist rebellions (similarity 0.89)
• A guerrilla’s power rests in incarnating the whole people’s resistance (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Military defeat of guerrilla bands shifted rather than ended the revolution’s political impact #expands (0.70)
• A militarily victorious counterinsurgency can still lose due to non-battlefield factors #corroborates (0.60)
• Military obedience can mask a private rebellion against authority itself #complicates (0.55) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 258