The first step consisted of having the conspiracy's own people infiltrate the government (the "pressure from above.")
The second step was to create a real or alleged grievance, usually through either an action of government or through some situation where the government should have acted and didn't.
The third step consisted in having a mob created, by the real or alleged grievance that the government or the conspiracy caused, demand that the problem be solved by a governmental action (the "pressure from below.")