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The Red Army Faction on the Jeff Farrias Show

Andre Moncourt and J. Smith, co-editors and co-authors of The Red Army Faction A Documentary history Volume 1: Projectiles for the People, were interviewed earlier this week on the Jeff Farrias show about their book, and the RAF and armed struggle in general. You can listen to their interview by …

Cultural Backwash: CI Does the RAF

Cops stand in rubble afterAmerican Workers Army bombing –Law & Order Revolution No doubt hoping to cash in on the brouhaha around the crappy Baader Meinhof Complex film currently opening in theaters across America, Law and Order’s Criminal Intent franchise devoted its season finale to the unbelievable story of a …

[Notes from the Underground] The Red Army Faction – A Review

On the left communist Notes from the Undergound blog, Fischer has written a lengthy review of Projectiles for the People. It is reposted here with permission: The 2008 movie Der Baader Meinhof Komplex has sparked interest again in the Red Army Faction. Below is a review, written earlier this summer, …

Stefan Aust (interviewed on NZ radio)

Stefan Aust, Germany’s leading liberal authority of the RAF, interviewed by Radio New Zealand. It’s a short little interview, but it gives a flavour of the man’s way of looking at things.While i certainly disagree with his spin, Aust is someone i think you have to pay attention to if …

Ron Jacobs Reviews Projectiles for the People

Ron Jacobs, author of The Way the Wind Blew: a history of the Weather Underground, has reviewed Projectiles for the People, Volume 1 of The Red Army Faction: A Documentary History. You can check it out on the Counterpunch website: http://www.counterpunch.com/jacobs04102009.html “The editors of this work, J. Smith and André …

Why the Red Army Faction Matters

The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History – Volume 1: Projectiles For the People by André 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, André Moncourt and J. Smith, are the ones behind the editing/translating of Projectiles for the People, a documentary history of …

Everybody Talks About the Weather… We Don’t

The RAF is in the air… and the fucking book i meant to have published this summer is not out yet. Never fear, Projectiles for the People is due out in early 2009 now, and this time that’s a promise. While waiting, you can check out Karin Bauer’s book, reviewed …