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1. Seven Years of Struggle Against the State

The first in a series of installments about the Red Army Faction, specifically their 1977 campaign which led to the “German Autumn”… Seven Years of Struggle Against the State The Red Army Faction had, by this time, engaged in a campaign of armed struggle for seven years, beginning with the action that freed Andreas Baader from custody in 1970 – he had been serving a three-year sentence for setting fire to a department store to protest the war in Vietnam.……… Read the rest

Christian Klar’s Message to the 2007 Rosa Luxemburg Congress

First published in junge Welt on January 15, 2007; republished in Spiegel 9/2007; February 26, 2007 (http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,468710,00.html). Dear Friends, The theme of this year’s Rosa Luxemburg Congress, “Things Can Be Different,” means – to my understanding – critically assessing the inspiring developments in a number of Latin American countries of late. ……… Read the rest

“The Urban Guerrilla Is History…” The Final Communiqué From The Red Army Faction (RAF)

Almost 28 years ago, on May 14, 1970, the RAF was born from an act of liberation [1]: Today we are ending this project. The urban guerrilla in the form of the RAF is now history. We, that is all of us who were organized in the RAF until the end, are taking this step jointly.……… Read the rest

What Wasn’t Written Down (Klaus Viehmann, June 1997)

1997: The Year of the Pig? 1997 risks proving the bad joke that history is nothing more than a sum of lies—the lies that people consider convenient twenty years later. There are made-for-TV films, talk shows, new books, special issues of newspapers full of terror and stories about the guerilla, all celebrating a twentieth or thirtieth anniversary.……… Read the rest

Interview With Political Prisoner Helmut Pohl On The Politics Of The Red Army Faction (RAF)

There was a split between the RAF and many of the prisoners, and now the political prisoners no longer present themselves as a united group. So, for whom are you speaking in this interview? First of all I’m speaking for myself, but I also know what some of the other prisoners are thinking.……… Read the rest

A Brief History Of The Red Army Faction

the following text was written for the newsletter Arm the Spirit, but was only ever published online, where it can be viewed at http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/61/191.html In April 1992, the Red Army Faction (RAF) took the step of unilaterally calling off its campaign of assassinations of key members of the political and economic apparatus as a first step towards a negotiated settlement with the state, a settlement which they insisted must include the release of prisoners, particularly those, such as Bernd Roessner and Ali Jansen, who were in poor health and those who were amongst the longest held, such as Irmgard Moeller, who after 21 years had spent close to half of her life in prison, as well as an agreement which would allow those who were underground to surface.……… Read the rest

RAF-Split Documentation

Index: Helmut Pohl, August 1993 Statement From Brigitte Mohnhaupt, 28.10.93 Reply From The RAF, 2.11.93 Reply From Karl-Heinz Dellwo, 29.10.93 Karl-Heinz Dellwo To Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Early October 1993 Christian Klar, 16.10.93 Rolf Heissler To Birgit Hogefeld, 10.10.93 Eva Haule, 23.10.93 ***** Letter From Helmut Pohl, RAF Prisoner Perhaps now is the time to say something again on our behalf.……… Read the rest

The Treason of Klaus Steinmetz (Letter From Birgit Hogefeld, RAF Prisoner)

The reality is by now widely known: Klaus Steinmetz is a police informant, and he brought the secret service on our track, thus making the action of killer-troops in Bad Kleinen possible [1]. Without his services as an informant, Wolfgang would still be alive today, and we would still be free.……… Read the rest

Communiqué Regarding the Murder of Wolfgang Grams

The terror-action of the BAW, BKA, and VS [1], carried out by their killer-troops in the GSG-9 and MEK – the arrest of Birgit Hogefeld and the cold-blooded murder of Wolfgang Grams [2] – have deeply affected us. Even after our one-sided de-escalation in April 1992 [3], we never assumed that the state security apparatus would cease with its actions against us – the fact that their line is that of destruction was made clear in the new escalation of their terror against our imprisoned comrades.……… Read the rest

Witness Statement Regarding The Shooting Of Wolfgang Grams

“I (…), a resident of Bad Kleinen (…), want to describe the events surrounding the fatal shooting of Wolfgang Grams and the arrest of Birgit Hogefeld. At first, I thought some kids were fooling around. I heard the shots in the foot-tunnel and I thought they were fireworks.……… Read the rest