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Article by twerp to support subversive literature (8)

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I believe the answer is:

agitprop

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'subversive literature' is the definition.
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'article by twerp to support' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'by twerp' becomes 'git' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to support' becomes 'prop' (prop is a kind of support).
'a'+'git'+'prop'='AGITPROP'

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(Other definitions for agitprop that I've seen before include "Culturally delivered political propaganda -- a top grip (anag)" , "political hype" , "aggressive political publicity" , "subversive material" , "left-wing literature" .)

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