Urban Guerrilla Tactics: Armed Propaganda

From the votes that I have gotten so far on the survey (if you haven't already voted, please do so) it seems that people are yearning from more information on tactics and strategy. So here you go:

In any type of insurgency, part of the strategic goals should be to delegitimize the state in the eyes of the people. This makes their job that much harder and your much so much easier. This will go a long way to demoralizing the armed forces, making enemy soldiers prone to surrender or desertion. One tactic that can be employed in urban insurgencies to this end is sometimes referred to as "armed propaganda." Basically this entails any armed action that demonstrates the government's weakness and lack of control and the relative power and amount of control of the guerrilla group.
The best example of this that I can think of would be the occupation of the city of Pando by the Tupamaros of Uruguay in 1969. Multiple commando units entered the city in a funeral procession, with their arms hidden in the hearse as to avoid detection. They went into action at a preordained time and occupied the city hall, phone exchange (as to prevent anyone from calling for help), the police station, and the fire station. They only fired one shot, injuring a cop who then gave up. They occupied the town for ten minutes, issuing propaganda etc. and then extracted back to Montevideo. Many were captured outside the city and beaten by cops. However, the action was still wildly successful, rallying popular support for the Tupamaros and embarrassing the dictatorship in the eyes of the people who were supposed to fear it. This tactic was so effective that it was emulated by an Argentine urban guerrilla group the following year. It all goes back to the idea that the urban guerrilla can never hope to achieve a purely military victory, rather they must use acts of violence and militancy to achieve a political victory. I will most likely post on the occupation of Pando again, as it is an interesting case study and the Tupamaros an important and influential historical insurgency. I think that I actually have a complete account of the occupation that I'll have to dig out.