Baader-Meinhof

I personally think that the RAF was a good thing to a certain point. I respect them tremendously for standing up for what they believe in and fighting for what they think is right. I do believe they went about it the wrong way. Violence doesn't solve anything. If you act violently towards government officials, that is not going to make them listen to them. That is just going to put you in prison and not get your voice heard in the future. I also do not like that during their acts of violence they harmed innocent people. They didn't seem to care that they were going to kill innocent people. They are too radical for me!

After researching the RAF, it started out as the Baader-Meinhof group and it was formed in 1970 in Germany. The RAF first started out as a student protest movement that was suppose to be nonviolent ways of protesting the German government and its policies. There was three generations of activist. The first, and the founders, which consisted of the founders. These people were Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, and Ulrike Meinhof. These group members were thrown into prison. The second generation which was operated from the late (or mid) 1970's. The second generation was way more violent than the first generation. The third generation existed from 1980-1990s. Teh third generation was the most violent of the three generations of the RAF. As the newer generations operated the RAF became more violent and was responsible for more deaths. All in all the RAF was responsible for 34 deaths and several bombings and robberies. The RAF was known as the more violent group throughout Europe. They were recognized as a communist group and had anti-imperialism ideas. They engaged in violent resistance against the German government. The only way to violently protest the government is to use guerilla tactics and in an urban setting this is the beginning of a terrorist organization.