Liga comunista 23 de septiembre 4408960 223301452 2008-07-03T13:40:56Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other The '''''Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre''''' (''September 23 Communist League''), or '''LC23S''', was a [[Marxist-Leninist]] urban [[guerrilla]] movement that emerged in [[Mexico]] in the early 1970s. The result of the fusing of various armed revolutionary organizations active in Mexico prior to 1974 in hopes of creating a united front to combat the Mexican state, the name was chosen to commemorate an unsuccessful guerrilla assault on the Madera barracks in the northern state of [[Chihuahua]] led by former schoolteacher [[Arturo Gámiz]] on September 23, 1965. Labeled a [[terrorist]] organization by the Mexican authorities, the LC23S engaged in numerous violent attacks that were geared towards eliminating what they believed was a corrupt and [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian state]] that was preventing the popular classes in Mexico from participating in politics and be adequately represented. At that point, the [[PRI]] party had held the presidency of Mexico for more than 30 years since the end of the [[Mexican Revolution]] and were, instead of implementing the objectives of the Revolution, reestablishing a largely [[oligarchic]] rule of the state. Another objective of the ''Liga'' was to eradicate the existing regime and install in its place a socialist state. ==External links== *[http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3901 LC23S entry in the Terrorism Knowledge base] [[Category:Mexican political organizations]] [[Category:Modern Mexico]] [[Category:Communism]] [[Category:Military history of Mexico]] [[Category:Guerrilla organizations]] {{Mexico-stub}} [[es:Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre]] [[nl:Communistische Liga 23 September]]