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Bezig met laden... The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History: Volume 2: Dancing with Imperialism (editie 2013)door J. Smith, Andre Moncourt, Ward Churchill (Introductie)
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Picking up where the first volume ended, Dancing with Imperialism covers the period following the Red Army Faction's - West Germany's notorious urban guerrillas - near total decimation in 1977. This work includes the details of the guerrillas' operations and the group's texts from 1978 up until the 1982 May Paper. This was a period of reorientation for the RAF, who fought against the fascist state. Will be required reading for those interested in the history of protest movements and all who wish to understand the challenges of revolutionary struggle. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Dancing with imperialism, the second volume in the Red Army Faction documentary trilogy, continues to excavate a fascinating history of the German revolutionary left in the 1970s and 1980s. It powerfully situates the RAF within a broader orbit of revolutionary politics and world events. It gives us the inside story of how militants did and might engage with police, prisons, informants, media and one another in the context of struggle. It is an exciting story, a global story, and very much a story for today's movements. (Dan Berger, editor of The Hidden 1970s: History of Radicalism)
The editors of this work, J.Smith and André Moncourt, have created an intelligently political work that honestly discusses the politics of the Red Army Faction during its early years. Their commentary explains the theoretical writings of the RAF from a left perspective and puts their politics and actions in the context of the situation present in Germany and the world at the time. It is an extended work that is worth the commitment required to read and digest it. Not only a historical document, the fact that it is history provides us with the ability to comprehend the phenomenon that was the RAF in ways not possible thirty years ago. (Ron Jacobs, author of The Way the Wind Blew : A History of the Weather Underground)
This first volume about the RAF is about a part of WWII that did not end when the so-called allies defeated the nazis. The RAF warriors come from a strong socialist history and knew they were fighting for the very life of their country. Many victories and many errors were scored which provide this important look into REAL her/history lessons. A must read for all serious alternative history students who then in turn can use it as a teaching tool towards a better future. (b -r.d.brown, former political prisoner, George Jackson Brigade)
This book about the Red Army Faction of American-occupied Germany is one that should be read by any serious student of anti-imperialist politics. Volume I - Projectiles for the People provides a history of the RAF's development through the words of its letters and communiqués. What makes the book especially important and relevant, however, is the careful research and documentation done by its editors. From this book you will learn the mistakes of a group that was both large and strong, but which (like our own home-grown attempts in this regard) was unable to successfully communicate with the working-class of a "democratic" country on a level that met their needs. While the armed struggle can be the seed of something much larger, it is also another means of reaching out and communicating with the people. Students interested in this historic era would do well to study this book and to internalize both the successes and failures of one of the largest organized armed anti-imperialist organizations operating in Western Europe since World War II. (Ed Mead, former political prisoner, George Jackson Brigade)