The Red Army Faction, a Documentary History: Volume 1: Projectiles for the People

Copyright
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Contents
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Foreword by Bill Dunne......Page 19
A Word from Russell “Maroon” Shoats......Page 20
Acknowledgements......Page 21
Translators’ Note......Page 23
Preface......Page 26
Acronym Key......Page 30
German Terms......Page 34
1 “Democracy” Comes to Deutschland: Postfascist Germany and the Continuing Appeal of Imperialism......Page 38
not wanted in the model: the kpd......Page 52
2 The Re-emergence of Revolutionary Politics in West Germany......Page 54
The Old Left and the New Reality......Page 59
3 Taking up the gun......Page 80
Faced With This Justice System, We Can’t Be Bothered Defending Ourselves (Thorwald Proll, October 1968)......Page 101
Build the Red Army! (June 5, 1970)......Page 114
The Urban Guerilla Concept (April 1971)......Page 118
4 Building a Base and “Serving the People”......Page 142
the socialist patients’ collective......Page 144
Andreas Baader: Letter to the Press (January 24, 1972)......Page 155
Serve the People: The Urban Guerilla and Class Struggle (April 1972)......Page 157
on the treatment of traitors 160......Page 195
This is Edelgard Graefer......Page 197
5 The May Offensive: Bringing the War Home......Page 198
For the Victory of the People of Vietnam (May 14, 1972)......Page 209
Attacks in Augsburg and Munich (May 16, 1972)......Page 210
Attack on Judge Buddenberg (May 20, 1972)......Page 211
Attack on the Springer Building (May 20, 1972)......Page 212
Attack on the Heidelberg Headquarters of the U.S. Army in Europe (May 25, 1972)......Page 213
To the News Editors of the West German Press (May 28, 1972)......Page 214
Regarding the Fascist Bomb Threats Against Stuttgart (May 29, 1972)......Page 216
Statement to the Red Aid Teach-In (May 31, 1972)......Page 218
6 Black September: A Statement from Behind Bars......Page 222
the appeal of the fedayeen: to all the free people of the world......Page 239
The Black September Action in Munich: Regarding the Strategy for Anti-Imperialist Struggle (November 1972)......Page 240
7 Staying Alive: Sensory Deprivation, Torture, and the Struggle Behind Bars......Page 272
the lawyers......Page 281
horst mahler after the raf......Page 291
Ulrike Meinhof on the Dead Wing (1972–3, 1973–4)......Page 306
Second Hunger Strike (May 8, 1973)......Page 309
Provisional Program of Struggle for the Political Rights of Imprisoned Workers (September 1974)......Page 314
Third Hunger Strike (September 13, 1974)......Page 320
The Expulsion of Horst Mahler (Monika Berberich, September 27, 1974)......Page 323
Holger Meins’ Report on Force-Feeding (October 11, 1974)......Page 327
Holger Meins’ Last Letter (November 1, 1974)......Page 331
Interview with Spiegel Magazine (January 1975)......Page 335
Andreas Baader Regarding Torture (June 18, 1975)......Page 354
8 A Desperate Bid to Free the Prisoners: the Stockholm Action......Page 360
Letter from the RAF to the RAF Prisoners (February 2, 1975)......Page 373
Occupation of the West German Embassy in Stockholm (April 24, 1975)......Page 374
Defense Attorney Siegfried Haag Goes Underground (May 11, 1975)......Page 376
9 Shadow Boxing: Countering Psychological Warfare......Page 378
“We know why he’s saying it” (Brigitte Mohnhaupt, July 22, 1976)......Page 390
On the Liberation of Andreas Baader (Ulrike Meinhof, September 13, 1974)......Page 394
The Bombing of the Bremen Train Station (December 9, 1974)......Page 406
The Nature of the Stammheim Trial: The Prisoners Testify (August 19, 1975)......Page 407
No Bomb in Munich Central Station (September 14, 1975)......Page 411
The Bombing of the Hamburg Train Station (September 23, 1975)......Page 413
The Bombing of the Cologne Train Station (November 1975)......Page 415
10 The Murder of Ulrike Meinhof......Page 416
ulrike’s brain......Page 420
meinhof: the suicide-murder debate......Page 428
Jan-Carl Raspe: On the Murder of Ulrike Meinhof (May 11, 1976)......Page 430
Fragment Regarding Structure (Ulrike Meinhof, 1976)......Page 432
Two Letters to Hanna Krabbe (Ulrike Meinhof, March 19 & 23, 1976)......Page 435
Letter to the Hamburg Prisoners (Ulrike Meinhof, April 13, 1976)......Page 440
Interview with Le Monde Diplomatique (June 10, 1976)......Page 443
11 Meanwhile, Elsewhere on the Left… (An Intermission of Sorts)......Page 468
12 & Back to the RAF…......Page 488
RZ Letter to the RAF Comrades (December 1976)......Page 492
Monika Berberich Responds to the Alleged RZ Letter (January 10, 1977)......Page 499
Andreas Baader: On the Geneva Convention (June 2, 1977)......Page 502
13 Daring to Struggle, Failing to Win......Page 504
Fourth Hunger Strike (March 29, 1977)......Page 522
The Assassination of Attorney General Siegfried Buback (April 7, 1977)......Page 525
Statement Calling Off the Fourth Hunger Strike (April 30, 1977)......Page 528
The Assassination of Jürgen Ponto (August 14, 1977)......Page 529
Statement Breaking Off the Fifth Hunger Strike (September 2, 1977)......Page 530
The Attack on the BAW (September 3, 1977)......Page 531
The Schleyer Communiqués (September–October, 1977)......Page 533
Operation Kofr Kaddum (SAWIO, October 13, 1977)......Page 538
SAWIO Ultimatum (October 13, 1977)......Page 540
Final Schleyer Communiqué (October 19, 1977)......Page 542
77: living with the fallout 508......Page 543
14 The Stammheim Deaths......Page 546
15 On the Defensive......Page 556
Appendices
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Appendix I: Excerpts From the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung......Page 579
Appendix II: The European Commission of Human Rights and the RAF Prisoners......Page 583
Appendix III: The FRG and The State of Israel......Page 585
Appendix IV: The Geneva Convention: Excerpts......Page 589
Appendix V: Strange Stories: Peter Homann and Stefan Aust......Page 592
Appendix VI: The German Guerilla’s Palestinian Allies: Waddi Haddad’s PFLP (EO)......Page 594
Dramatis Personae......Page 598
Armed Struggle in W. Germany: A Chronology......Page 614
Note on Sources and Methodology......Page 664
Bibliography......Page 667
Index......Page 696