Red Army Faction
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Red Army Faction Rote Armee Fraktion | |
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| Abbreviation | RAF |
| Founded | 1968 |
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Marxism–Leninism Anti-fascism Mao Zedong Thought (factions) |
The Red Army Faction (German: Rote Armee Fraktion), also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang (German: Baader–Meinhof Gruppe/Bande), was a West German revolutionary socialist resistance against neo-fascism. It is usually depicted as a terrorist organisation by Western media.
A Response to West German Neo-Fascism
A lot of members of the West German government were former Nazis; some of them were former SS, a lot of which were in conservative parties. At the time the West German government was very totalitarian and prejudiced, especially to the left wing. The Communist Party of Germany was banned, and there was frequent homophobia. West Germany was also profiting off of the Vietnam War. anti-East German propaganda was common. The Red Army faction was formed as a response to this neo-fascism especially after the brutal results of the West German student movement which was brutally suppressed by the West German state and former Nazi police officers.
History
The Red Army Faction was founded in 1968 as a response to West German neo-fascism. The activities of the Red Army faction were very controversial, which included assassinations, bombing, robbery, shoplifting, and taking hostages. The Red Army faction was dissolved in 1998 but only after killing 34 bourgeois business owners.
Beginning of the Red Army faction
The origins of the Red Army faction can be traced back to the 1968 student Left wing protest movement in West Germany which was against neo-fascism, imperialism, prejudice, patriarchy, the Vietnam War, etc. The government responded very violently with police officers - some of which being former Nazis - beating up protesters. The police even shot a student named Benno Ohnesorg, who the West German and modern German government claim to be a "East German collaborator with the Stasi", without evidence. The violent oppression was done by the West German state, reactionary demonstration groups, and even some agencies like the CIA and the Shah's intelligence service. Some of the protesters started forming the basis of the Red Army faction, especially German socialist journalist Ulrike Marie Meinhof , Andreas Baader, and Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler.
- West German student movement.jpg
West German student movement.
- Shooting of Benno Ohnesorg 1967.jpg
Benno Ohnesorg, who had been shot By the West German police.
- Ulrike Marie Meinhof.jpg
Ulrike Meinhof, a socialist journalist and a Founding member of the Red Army faction .
First generation of the red army faction
References
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