James Forman was a Black radical revolutionary and was the first and longest serving Executive Secretary of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. This pamphlet was used in study groups that were the initial introduction to the CO for many people. Many of its precepts were adopted by the CO.  It was later sold in the Working Women and Man Bookstores. This edition republished the original with additional details added to the original. It was produced by the O printing press in the 1970's. An earlier manuscript version is available here.

TWENTY ENEMY FORCES WITHIN A REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION THAT MUST BE COMBATTED.
1, Lack of practice and day to day work,
2, Loss of morale,
3. Laziness
4. Failure to study revolutionary theory and tho experience of other revolutionaries,
5, Failure to engage in criticism and self-criticism,
6, Liberalism.
7, Failure to exert leadership,
8, Lack of initiative and imagination,
9, Lack of discipline, and individualism,
10, Elitism,
11. Lack of internal democracy, and authoritarian actions,
12. Egotism.
1J, Jealousy,
14. Sectarian attitudes and actions.
15. Isolation,
16, Adventurism and romanticism.
17, Male Chauvinism,
18. Reactionary nationalism,
19. Police infiltrators,
20, Lack of administration