For the Liberation of Brazil is a Marxist tract on guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare and refers to conflicts in which a small group of combatants including, but not limited to, armed civilians use military tactics, such as ambushes, sabotage, raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary mobility to harass a larger and...

 written by Carlos Marighella

Carlos Marighella

Carlos Marighella , was a Brazilian Marxist revolutionary and writer.Marighella's most famous contribution to guerrilla literature was the Minimanual of the Urban Guerrilla, consisting of advice on how to disrupt and overthrow an authoritarian regime aiming a revolution. He also wrote For the...

. First published in France as Carlos Marighela: Pour la Libération du Brésil presented by Conrad Detrez, Editions du Seuil, 1970. In March 1970 the 'Journal Officiel' announced that the sale and distribution of the book throughout French territory would be forbidden.

It was then published in English by Penguin Books

Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...

 in 1971 as part of their "Pelican Latin American Library" series and with more material than the French version. This edition was translated by John Butt & Rosemary Sheed with an Introduction by Richard Gott

Richard Gott

Richard Willoughby Gott is a British journalist and historian, who has written extensively on Latin America...

 (P. 7- 15).

The first part of the book provides a timeline of events that includes actions taken by the Revolutionary Movement 8th October

Revolutionary Movement 8th October

The Revolutionary Movement 8th October is a Brazilian political movement, formerly an urban guerrilla group...

.

1. "Marighela Calls on the People to Join the Struggle" (Sept 1969)
2. "Declaration by the ALN October Revolutionary Group
   Ação Libertadora Nacional
   The Ação Libertadora Nacional , the National Liberation Action, was a Brazilian communist guerrilla movement created in the end of 1967 to stand against the military dictatorship of 1964-1985. It was founded by Carlos Marighella after he got expelled from the Brazilian Communist Party....
   
   " (Sept 1969)
3. "Greetings to the Fifteen Patriots"
4. "On the Organizational Function of Revolutionary Violence" (May 1969)
5. "Problems and Principles of Strategy" (Jan 1969)
6. "Questions of Organization" (Dec 1968)
7. "Handbook of Urban Guerrilla Warfare" (June 1969)
8. "On Rural Guerrilla Warfare"
9. "Guerrilla Tactics and Operations"
10. "Call to the Brazilian People "
11. "Letter to Fidel Castro
    Fidel Castro
    Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
    
    " (Aug 1967)
12. "Declaration by the Communist Group of São Paulo
    São Paulo
    São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
    
    "

The second part consists of articles written in 1966 before he left the Brazilian Communist Party

Brazilian Communist Party

Brazilian Communist Party is the oldest political party still active in Brazil, founded in 1922, and one of the only Brazilian parties with a Stalinist orientation...

including his resignation letter penned on December 10, 1966.