Causes:
- · Protesting that ran parallels with the protesting of the Vietnam War
- · Members protested against oppression in West Germany
- · The Group declared that its aim was to “escalate the conflict between the state and its opposition, between those who exploited the Third World and those who did not profit from Persian oil, Bolivian bananas and South African gold. ... 'Let the class struggle unfold! Let the proletariat organize! Let the armed resistance begin!'(Introduction, Everybody Talks about the Weather...We Don't, 2008.)
The Generations of Activists
- · The first generation was the members that started when the Iranian King visited and killing of a young man by German Police. These members were the seasoned activists who have already spent years forming movements for the cause.
- · The next generation was the members that joined was that group became more established and had a large following
- · The third generation was when the group was nearing an end, these became the most extreme, not to be shadowed by the earlier members of the group.
End of The Red Army Faction
- · The Government was no longer going to be idle against this extremist group. The end most likely occurred after the May Offensive. It was the first and the last attack of its kind. So many members of the group were detained that day that it could have been the factor that disbanded the group.
Similarities Now and Than
- · Terrorism as we know it is of the Guerilla type. This type of terrorism found its roots in Germany during the RAF
- · Both groups saw taking of human life a necessary deed
- · Both groups are willing to sacrifice their own life for the cause
- · The RAF was a political type of group, fighting the German Political system, where the terrorism we see today seems to be much more broad in its structure.
- · This group than and our terrorism now is are both considered the worst of their respective times
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