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Why the Red Army Faction Matters

The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History – Volume 1: Projectiles For the People by AndrĂ© Moncourt and J. Smith, with forewords by Bill Dunne and Russell “Maroon” Shoats $34.95 from left-wing books dot net Paperback book 736 pages Published by Kersplebedeb and PM Press in 2009 ISBN 9781604860290 It …

West Germany’s Urban Guerillas: Overview

The following is a quick little overview of the four largest groups that engaged in armed struggle against the West German state from the 1970s until the 1990s. The authors, AndrĂ© Moncourt and J. Smith, are the ones behind the editing/translating of Projectiles for the People, a documentary history of …

Same Old Same Old in Germany

a younger Rolf Clemens Wagner Those of you who appreciated last week’s installments about the Red Army Faction and the events of October 1977 may find the following of some interest. As a result of an interview given to Junge Welt magazine last week, both the right-wing Bild Zeitung newspaper …

[Red Army Faction] The Stammheim "Suicides"

“Gudrun, Andreas and Jan were tortured andmurdered at Stammheim prison” the last in a four part series on the events of October 1977, which culminated in three deaths in Stammheim prison exactly thirty years ago today… The Stammheim “Suicides” (1) In previous installments we have seen how the Red Army …

[Red Army Faction] German Autumn, Bitter Defeat

The third in a series of installments about the Red Army Faction, specifically their 1977 campaign which ended so tragically thirty years ago… German Autumn, Bitter Defeat As we saw in our previous installments, by late summer 1977 the Red Army Faction was poised to carry out its most ambitious …

Christian Klar Videos on Youtube

RAF veteran Christian Klar For those of you who understand German, you may want to check out these video interviews with Christian Klar on Youtube: Christian Klar im Gespraech Teil I Christian Klar im Gespraech Teil II Christian Klar im Gespraech Teil III Klar is one of the last remaining …

Brigitte Mohnhaupt Paroled After Twenty Five Years!

Brigitte Mohnhaupt, veteran of the Red Army Faction, has been paroled. This will leave only Christian Klar, Eva Haule and Birgit Hogefeld still behind bars. The Red Army Faction were one of the most organized and advanced of the guerilla groups which operated in the metropoles during the last cycle …