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Statement to the Red Aid Teach-In (1972)

1946-1989, Authority, Consciousness Raising, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, Tactics of Disruption, Urban Spaces

Between 1970 and 1998, the Anti-Fascist, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Imperialism, Communist leftist militia The Red Army Faction was labeled as a terrorist organization in first West Germany, and then unified Germany. Ulrike Meinhof was one of the group’s founders, a journalist who eventually went underground and wrote most of the statements sent out by the RAF. In “Statement to the Red Aid Teach-In”, she speaks directly to “comrades” who have yet to publicly support the RAF, urging them to do so.

“Dare to struggle; dare to win! Attack and smash the power of imperialism! It is the duty of every revolutionary to make the revolution! We call on all militants in the Federal Republic to make all American establishments targets of their attacks in their struggle against U.S. imperialism!”

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Andreas Baader: Letter to the Press (1972)

1946-1989, Authority, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, Students, Subjectives of Refusal, Tactics of Disruption, Urban Spaces, Workers

Between 1970 and 1998, the Anti-Fascist, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Imperialism, Communist leftist militia The Red Army Faction was labeled as a terrorist organization in first West Germany, and then unified Germany. One of the founders, Andreas Baader, published this “Letter to the Editor” in 1972 which reminded the public of the RAF’s goals and explained that they had no intentions of turning themselves in, as at this point they had gone underground.

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The Urban Guerilla Concept (1971)

1946-1989, Authority, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, Students, Subjectives of Refusal, Tactics of Disruption, Urban Spaces, Workers

Between 1970 and 1998, the Anti-Fascist, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Imperialism, Communist leftist militia The Red Army Faction was labeled as a terrorist organization in first West Germany, and then unified Germany.”The Urban Guerilla Concept” was a document published by the organization in 1971 drawing parallels between their use of guerilla warfare and that of international liberation movements, in hopes to justify their tactics and display solidarity.

“Some comrades have already made up their minds about us. For them, it is the “demagoguery of the bourgeois press” that links these “anarchist groups” with the socialist movement. In their incorrect and pejorative use of the term anarchism, they are no different than the Springer Press. We don’t want to engage anyone in dialogue on such a shabby basis.”

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