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The National Union of Freedom Fighters (NUFF) was an armed Marxist revolutionary group in Trinidad and Tobago. The group fought a guerrilla campaign to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Eric Williams following the failed 1970 Black Power uprising and a mutiny in the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment. NUFF formed from the Western United Liberation Front, a loose grouping of largely unemployed men from the western suburbs of Port of Spain. They drew disaffected members of the National Joint Action Committee, a Black Power organisation, and established a training camp in south Trinidad. In 1972 and 1973 NUFF attacked police posts to acquire weapons, robbed banks, and carried out an insurgent campaign against the government. With improved intelligence capabilities, the government eventually killed or captured most of its leadership. Eighteen NUFF members and three policemen were killed over the course of the insurgency. NUFF was anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist and was notable for the extent to which women played an active role in the organisation, including women among its guerrilla fighters. (Full article...)


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Hi Guettarda and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:22, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Gog the Mild: Thanks for creating this. Perhaps we could combine the last two sentence (to improve the flow and eliminate the slightly awkward "in its ideology"): NUFF was anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist and was notable for the extent to which women played an active role in the organisation, and included women among its guerrilla fighters.? Guettarda (talk) 18:53, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good thinking. I have tried to cut down on the number of "and"s, see what you think. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:56, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good. Could also replace The group drew disaffected members..." with "They drew...". Guettarda (talk) 19:02, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:05, 19 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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