Popular Resistance Army

Popular Resistance Army
Popular Resistance Army
Leaders	Yoweri Museveni
Dates of operation	c. 1980/1981 – June 1981
Active regions	Southwestern Uganda
Battles and wars	Ugandan Bush War
	Preceded by; Front for National Salvation Succeeded by; National Resistance Army

The Popular Resistance Army, also known as Movement for the Struggle for Political Rights,^[1] was a rebel group organized around late 1980 and early 1981 by Yoweri Museveni to fight against the regime of Milton Obote in Uganda. It was a predecessor of the National Resistance Army. It relied on military strength and dependence on civilian material assistance to conduct its operations.^[2] When it held territory, it would hold elections for committees which managed their villages.^[3]

^ Seftel 2010, p. 262.
^ Kasfir, Nelson (2005). "Guerrillas and Civilian Participation: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 43 (2): 271–296. ISSN 0022-278X.
^ Kasfir, Nelson (2005). "Guerrillas and Civilian Participation: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 43 (2): 271–296. ISSN 0022-278X.

[FOOTNOTESeftel2010262-1] Seftel 2010, p. 262.

[2] Kasfir, Nelson (2005). "Guerrillas and Civilian Participation: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 43 (2): 271–296. ISSN 0022-278X.

[3] Kasfir, Nelson (2005). "Guerrillas and Civilian Participation: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 43 (2): 271–296. ISSN 0022-278X.

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