The Red Army Brigade Fighting for the Third World---<Bader Meinhof> Afterword

Ike 2022-11-08 23:06:56



This is a story that took place in the late 1960s to the second half of the 1970s.

The film begins with a celestial beach near the North Sea in Germany, and the female journalist Meinhof happily enjoys the sun with her husband and twin daughters

. During a demonstration against Shah Pahlavi of Iran, the students who rallied were brutally suppressed by the police, they were knocked down by sticks disguised as supporters of Pahlavi, they were knocked down by the police batons, they were beaten by the horseshoes of the mounted police Footsteps, blood, screams~~ A young man was shot and killed by a policeman.

The film's actor Badr appeared, he and his friends made a bomb with nitroglycerin in a house, and in a clothing The mall detonated and was arrested.

At an indoor rally against the Vietnam War, thousands of students, encouraged by the speaker, shouted out the name of one person: Ho Chi Minh! Ho Chi Minh! Hu!! Hu!!! Hu! !!! The speaker was seriously injured in the street by a young man who was against communism. A larger demonstration ensued, with angry young people besieging a publishing house advocating right-wing ideas. The car was blocked by It was pushed down, the glass was smashed, and the newspaper that was ready to leave the factory was torn by everyone. More people were arrested, and two policemen caught Meinhof, who was holding a stone, and was about to be taken into a police car. Call out: Ms. Meinhof! She's a journalist, let her go!

Meinhof wrote in her column: Throwing a stone is a crime, dropping a bunch of bombs from an airplane is considered a political act. Overthrow A car is a crime, and blowing up many cars is also a political act. Soon she saw her husband cheating on someone in her villa, and she ran away from home with her two daughters.

Badr and his friends, who had fled abroad, were arrested shortly after sneaking back to Germany. To rescue him, Meinhof and his friends wounded two policemen. They came to Jordan, where they were resisted The Muslim armed forces invaded by Israel were trained and returned home soon. They received financial and weapon support this time. They carried out a series of terrorist attacks in Germany, robbed banks, and worked in many important departments such as the U.S. headquarters in Germany and the courts. Launched a bomb attack, and soon the Red Army brigade became the target of the government's arrest, and they were also arrested one after another - one after another, they were imprisoned in the political prisoner's prison in Stahheim, where they were waiting for them in a single cell. Here they are After spending the last few years of their lives, constant court trials, and constant remote control of their comrades outside the prison to carry out more tragic attacks, the judge of the Berlin Court of the Swedish Embassy has become the target of their attacks one after another.

Meinho, who has suffered from long-term mental torture Her husband always recalled the terrorist attack she initiated, in which many staff of a publishing house were killed by her bomb, although she called them to leave before the attack, which was also the reason why his comrades could not forgive her. In the end Unbearable and committed suicide in front of a prison window. In order to finally rescue the 12 people in prison, the comrades who supported Badr took the risk and hijacked the Lufthansa airliner in partnership with Iraqi resisters, killed the big capitalist Pangben, and hijacked the plane. Another big man in Germany. I want to exchange those 12 people as a condition. But the government will not compromise with them. After successfully rescuing the plane passengers parked in Mogadishu, Badr and the others are completely desperate. One In the morning, the jailer found their bodies, some committed suicide with pistols that had been sneaked into the prison, some with table knives, and Bader's girlfriend hanged herself from the bars like Meinhof.

The final shot of the film is in a French In the woods on the outskirts, members of the Red Army dragged the German big man who had been kidnapped for a long time from the car and killed him.

This true story happened almost at the same time as the Cultural Revolution in China. At that time, the living standards of Germans were far higher than those of contemporary China and many third world countries, and even more advanced than today's China. Among them, there were journalists , There are lawyers, there are students, and they all live a good life. What caused them to launch a terrorist-style revolution? As a person living in a Western capitalist country, why did they fight for the Third World countries that were invaded by imperialism? What about the war? At that time, the US invaded Vietnam, Israel invaded Arab countries, and Cuban Guevara was executed by the CIA in Bolivia? Was it the suffering of the people of the third world brought about by the expansion of imperialism, and the hatred of the ugly face of capitalism? ?I think yes, the scenes of wars in Vietnam, Bolivia, Arabia and other places constantly appear in the film, and the suffering of the people. The enthusiasm of the revolution fills the brains of these people, and they do not hesitate to break with the government of their own country. Although they seem to be naughty Like their children, they have brought a series of troubles to the government, but I think their behavior is much better than those fanatical Red Guards. At least they are fighting for others instead of being fooled and destroying society and traditional culture. Their enemies are real, and the enemies of the Red Guards are themselves. In

today's society, the people have lost their interest in revolution, consuming frantically, and wantonly enjoying the pleasure brought by the great abundance of materials. But are we How can we discover the crises and evils hidden under this superficial prosperity? Do we or our next generation still have the courage to rectify the social order and upright justice and conscience through revolution? Thanks for this film, let me watch it When it comes to the history that I don't know, I will tell many people to listen to it. I believe they will feel the same way as I do--they will be enlightened and deafened!

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The Baader Meinhof Complex quotes

  • Brigitte Mohnhaupt: Stop seeing them the way they weren't.

  • Ulrike Meinhof: If you throw a stone, it's a crime. If a thousand stones are thrown, that's political. If you set fire to a car it's a crime; if a hundred cars are set on fire that's political.