Daring to Struggle, Failing to Win: The Red Army Factions 1977 Campaign of Desperation

"In 1970 a small group of West German revolutionaries decided to go underground, to set up safehouses, and learn the skills of the urban guerilla. They were the Red Army Faction. Seven years later, almost all of the original combatants were in prison or dead, yet, through their example, they had inspired a militant and illegal support movement, comrades willing to take up arms in defense of the prisoners." Keywords: Communism, rebellion, resistance.