Today in Labor History June 26, 1959: Joëlle Aubron was born. Active in the far-left militant French group Action directe. Libertarian communist urban guerrillas who murdered 12 people, and wounded a 26, associated with the Red Brigades (Italy), Red Army Faction (West Germany), Prima Linea (Italy), Armed Nuclei for Popular Autonomy (France), Communist Combatant Cells, Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions and the Irish National Liberation Army. Aubron participated in the assassinations of General René Audran in 1985 and Georges Besse in 1986. She was arrested in 1987 and sentenced to life in prison. However, she was released early due to a brain tumor and died in 2006, at the age of 46.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #anarchism #DirectAction #assassination #terrorism #france #RedArmyFaction #prison #libertarian #communism

I recently watched for the second time an excellent and fascinating #documentary #film, A GERMAN YOUTH

This film follows the evolution of the #RedArmyFaction members from militant intellectuals to urban #guerrillas supported by the state police of East #Germany.

Release date: May 21, 2015 (Germany)
Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot
Editor: Jean-Gabriel Périot
Producer: Nicolas Brevière
Nominations: César Award for Best Documentary
#RAF #socialism #communism #fascist

You can find it on #Kanopy

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DIE ROTE FAHNE (1968, 12min, silent)

Notable people in or involved in the making of this film:

Wolfgang Petersen—famous #filmmaker in #Germany and #Hollywood

Holger Meins—German cinematography student who joined the #RedArmyFaction (RAF) in the early 1970s and died on hunger strike in prison.

Werner Sauber—member of the terrorist organization "The 2nd of June Movement." Killed in a shootout with police in 1975.

Helke Sander—notable #feminist filmmaker

#protest #socialism #communism

I'm watching the 2020 German docuseries, A PERFECT CRIME (German: Rohwedder: Einigkeit und Mord und Freiheit) for the second time. It's so good and so fascinating.

One thing I love about it is the unpacking of the history of that time and place. History and politics are so much more complex than what we are officially told.

I'm also curious about the RAF and sentiments of German unification.

#Germany #GDR #RAF #Stasi #assassination #history #communism #socialism #capitalism #RedArmyFaction

This is a fascinating in-depth news story from 1977 about #WestGermany dealing with dissent & #violence aimed at the #state apparatus. Many questions are asked that are with us today, such as what are the limits of the state, the limits of #HumanRights, and what is the #CostOfPeace if that peace requires draconian measures, and, of course, what is the state to do with domestic #terrorists in a highly charged #political situation.
#RedArmyFaction #BaaderMeinhofGroup #BBC
https://youtu.be/KRnKfg2Y9nE