In attacks against leftists in the 1970s, ultranationalists and reactionaries killed many Alevis. Her dominance was opposed by reactionaries and progressives alike. Conflict between reactionaries and progressives (former ACM members) within the RAPM ensued. Finally, there were numerous reactionaries and disempowered ex-Qing officials who conspired to overthrow the Republic. Promotion of religion was banned and all clerics were outlawed as reactionaries. The Nazis denounced them as "an insignificant heap of reactionaries". The period survived an attempt by reactionaries to re-institute absolutism. Fraga's wing won the struggle, prompting most of the disenchanted reactionaries to leave the party. Elbert "Big Man" Howard, to denounce the group as "reactionaries" and "thugs". Others view them as reactionaries trying to recapture an idyllic and utopian past. The Soviet government declared Pavlik Morozov a glorious martyr who had been murdered by reactionaries. All this was done to terrorize the reactionaries and isolate the tsarevich. Hurley reunited with his two former Reactionaries bandmates in Minutemen. The coalition included reactionaries whose influence became more and more predominant. After the Reactionaries disbanded, Boon and Watt formed Minutemen in January 1980.