Jeremy Varon (71 page)

Catonsville arrests, 121; Chicago

247–48; U.S., 3, 178, 339n150

Democratic convention demonstra-

art, Marcuse on, 167, 336n90

tions (1968), 27, 94–95; Columbia

Artaud, Antonin, 167, 336n92

protest, 26, 94; crowd estimates,

assassinations: of Black Panthers, 155;

134; Days of Rage, 61–62, 74, 77–

of Robert Kennedy, 26, 35, 138;

85, 107–8; Haymarket riots, 76;

of Martin Luther King, 35–36, 138,

leftist newspaper denunciation of,

318n41; of Malcolm X, 148; moral-

38, 107–8; mass demonstrations

ity, 99, 238–41; by RAF, 11, 197,

and, 126, 128–29, 130, 131, 134;

234, 238–41, 263, 302, 305; Weath-

Melville collective and, 118, 119;

erman and, 99, 153, 184.
See also

murdered by radicals (1970s), 195,

murders

342n17; New Left provoking vio-

Atkins, Susan, 165

lence from, 10, 11, 27, 61–62, 74,

Attica prison, 118, 149, 186

77–85, 107–8, 126, 148, 180–81,

attorneys, RAF, 256, 265–70, 354; and

183; vs. NLF flags, 123, 129; Octo-

amnesty, 304; Committees against

ber (1967) demonstrations, 25;

Isolation Torture, 218, 220, 232,

Pentagon protests, 25, 148; People’s

233, 267; extradition from France

Park violence, 85, 95; San Francisco

to Germany, 140–41; Groenewold,

State College, 30; Stonewall riots,

266–67, 269, 271, 353n38, 354n64;

149; Weatherman harassed by, 153–

Haag, 220–21, 231, 243, 268; and

54; Weatherman informant, 81, 186.

hunger strikes, 218–20, 231, 256,

See also
law enforcement

267–69, 271, 354n64; Info-system,

American Revolution, 74, 170

221–22, 229, 256, 267, 268, 269;

amnesty, for prisoners, 300, 304–5,

Mahler, 63, 247–48; Preuß, 217,

359n56

273, 274; and prison conditions,

Amnesty International, 255, 303

216–22, 226, 232, 267, 269, 345n54,

anarchists: German, 203–4, 236, 260,

346n84; removed from cases, 265–

261; Russian, 189, 191–92.
See also

70, 353n44; Spangenberg, 217

June 2 Movement (J2M)

Aust, Stefan, 269

Ann Arbor, 47, 87;
Ann Arbor Argus,
85,

authoritarianism: German antiterrorism

164

and, 284–89.
See also
fascism

anticommunism: German, 6, 14, 31, 38,

Autonomen, 302, 359n48

246, 277; New Left, 1; U.S., 6, 21,

Ayers, Bill, 46–47, 50, 111, 316n20;

27, 34, 123.
See also
communism

bombing Haymarket statue, 76;

antiglobalization movement, 310–11

and BPP, 155; criticism sessions, 59;

anti-imperialism, 33, 72–73; German

indicted, 339n164; vs. Laos inva-

New Left, 7, 10, 66–69, 72, 211–27,

sion, 184; Midwest collective, 172;

235–36, 245, 251, 301, 346n89; vs.

and militancy, 87; on morality of

Vietnam War, 51–52, 67–68, 123–

violence, 191–92; Northern Cali-

24, 129, 137–38, 211; Weatherman,

fornia summit, 182; on Robbins,

7, 10, 50, 51–56, 72, 137–38, 151,

173; and slogans, 139, 155, 157;

152, 162, 294, 298

and townhouse explosion, 180, 184;

anti-Semitism: Nazi, 247; New Left,

and Vietnam War, 117, 126, 136,

69–70, 250–51.
See also
Jews

331n75; violent faction challenging,

antiterrorism: civil rights violations of,

298; on Weatherman as symbol, 194

254–72, 283–89, 303, 311; Ger-

many, 14–15, 254–89, 303–4,

Baader, Andreas, 71, 72; arrest, 64, 215,

351–52n1, 355n77; U.S., 4–5, 311,

257; arsons, 20, 41–42, 62–63,

316n19.
See also
law enforcement

201–2, 205–6, 248; attorneys, 63,

APO (Ausserparlamentarische Opposition/

221, 247–48, 266–67, 268; bomb-

extraparliamentary opposition),

ings, 210; death, 198, 222, 230,

Germany, 31, 66

234, 306; freeing from prison, 20,

“Aprilerklärung” (RAF), 305–6, 315n14

65, 203–7, 227, 323n176; mother,

Aptheker, Bettina, 100

252; vs. murder, 348n119; on “natu-

Armies of the Night
(Mailer), 148

ral right of resistance,” 42, 43; prison,

Armstrong, Karl, 195

64–65, 198, 221, 222, 229, 255, 268;

Index

377

on prison abuses, 245; and RAF

Black Panther Party (BPP), 3, 5, 11, 22–

formation, 20, 62–63, 64–65; Sartre

23, 163–64, 309; BLA and, 179,

interview, 255, 268; and Schleyer

339n156; and King assassination,

exchange, 355n79; trial, 197, 202,

35–36, 318n41; and liberals, 27;

266–67

Newton, 37–38, 97, 163, 179,

Baader-Meinhof Gang, 65, 259.
See also

339n156; New York Panthers

Rote Armee Fraktion/Red Army

expelled, 185, 340n181; Oakland,

Faction (RAF)

91, 339n156; Panther 21 trial, 149,

Bäcker, Jürgen, 243

174, 184–86, 340nn180,181; PL

Balagoon, Kuwasi (formerly Donald

and, 49; prison release, 300; RAF

Weems), 299

and, 204, 241; Revolutionary

Barbie, Klaus, 318n33

People’s Constitutional Convention,

Barlow, John Perry, 101, 158

179; revolutionary vanguard, 37–38,

The Battle of Algiers
(Pontecorvo), 38

48; “Serve the People” slogan, 138,

Baudrillard, Jean, 140–43, 146, 287

155; state violence toward, 14, 153–

Baumann, Michael “Bommi,” 40, 209,

57, 159, 162–64, 275, 318n41,

215, 243, 261–62

333nn15,19, 334n40; UFF robbery,

Bay Area Revolutionary Union, 158

299; and Weatherman’s Days of

Beatles, 105, 175

Rage, 77, 81, 108, 155; and Weather-

Belgium, guerrilla groups, 244

man’s “New Morning,” 184–86.
See

Berkeley: International Liberation School,

also
Cleaver, Eldridge; Hampton,

177; People’s Park, 85, 95

Fred

Berkeley Tribe,
85, 165, 168–69, 177–78

Black Power, 1, 30, 300

Berlin: International Vietnam Congress,

body politics: mass mobilization, 132;

66–67; Kommune 1, 201–2, 205–

New Left, 95–96

6; radical press, 203–4, 237, 262;

Boehlich, Walter, 199–200

Springer publications, 38–39; syna-

Böll, Heinrich, 40, 198, 208, 259, 261,

gogue bombing, 250, 251

262

Berliner Extra-Dienst,
237

bombings, 3, 131, 195; of Berlin syna-

Berlitz, Erwin, 237

gogue, 250, 251; by British RAF,

Berrigan, Daniel, 121–22, 178, 188

65; of Cambodia, 131, 145, 178;

Berrigan, Philip, 121–22, 329n18

by Columbia students, 26; of IBM

Berufsverbot,
264, 277, 282

office, 219; by J2M, 208, 237;

BLA.
See
Black Liberation Army (BLA)

manuals on how to make explosives,

black Americans, 10, 22–23, 24, 187;

39–40, 338n147; by Melville collec-

Altamont, 161; Black Power, 1, 30,

tive, 117–21, 149; with Molotov

300; civil rights violations of, 6;

cocktails, 39–40; in New York, 91,

German New Leftists and, 214; King

117–21, 149, 173–75, 180–81,

assassination, 35–36, 138, 318n41;

185–87, 294; New York townhouse

police violence vs., 14, 22, 36–37,

explosion (March 1970), 10, 13,

153–57, 159, 162–64, 186, 275,

151–52, 172–92, 203, 291, 295;

318n41, 333nn15,19, 334n40; state’s

by Palmer, 91, 118, 149, 185–86;

campaign against radical, 99; UFF

by RAF, 11, 20, 39–40, 196, 198,

and, 298–300; universities and, 25,

207–15, 233, 245, 250–51, 255,

28–29, 30; Weatherman and, 11–12,

301–2, 306–7, 345nn44,45, 359n59;

14, 50, 51, 54–55, 77, 81, 90, 92,

of Springer building, 39–40, 209–

99, 108, 154–65, 184–87, 193–94,

15, 245, 345n44; by UFF, 298, 299;

295, 340n181; and white activism,

underground press graphics, 88;

23, 90–91, 104, 155–56, 185, 187,

at University of Wisconsin (Madi-

297, 313n1.
See also
Black Libera-

son), 162, 178, 195; on U.S. cam-

tion Army (BLA); Black Panther

puses, 30, 178, 339n150; of U.S.

Party (BPP); civil rights movement;

military bases, 210–13, 245, 301,

racism

302, 306; in Vietnam War, 194,

Black Liberation Army (BLA), 179, 187,

210, 331n71; by Weatherman, 11,

339n156; murders, 342n217; prison

76, 112, 131, 149, 171–87, 292,

escapes, 299; Weatherman and, 193–

294–95, 308–9

94, 295

Boock, Peter-Jürgen, 303

378

Index

books, manuals for New Left violence,

CDU, 31, 33, 39, 196, 223, 259, 355n77

39–40, 71–72, 177, 323–24n182,

censorship, German antiterrorist, 261–64

338n147

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 25,

bookstores, German police raids on, 262

145, 296–97, 331n82

Bopp, Jörg, 244, 248, 249, 288–89,

character masks, Marx on, 239

351n179

Chicago: “Hard Times” conference, 297;

Boudin, Kathy: arrest, 333n13; Brinks

police vs. New Left, 61–62, 74, 77–

robbery, 299, 300–301; escaped,

85, 94–95, 107–8, 153–56, 157,

173, 175; indicted, 339n164; and

159, 181; SDS convention (1969),

townhouse explosion, 173, 181

49–50, 61–62, 74–112;
The Seed,

BPP.
See
Black Panther Party

84.
See also
Chicago Democratic

Braley, Scott, 24, 53; and Black move-

convention demonstrations (1968);

ment, 295; and Days of Rage, 88–

Days of Rage

89, 97, 110, 111; and inversion

Chicago Democratic convention demons-

policy, 297–98; and “New Morn-

trations (1968), 26–27, 47, 82; Hoff-

ing,” 184; three-month leave, 291;

man on acid, 106; police vs. demons-

and underground move, 157, 179

trators, 94–95; SDS not supporting,

Brändle, Reinholf, 234

61; undercover agent, 329n16.
See

Brandt, Heinz, 218, 346n63

also
Chicago 8 conspiracy trial

Brandt, Willy, 255, 258, 272, 277

Chicago 8 conspiracy trial, 81, 176;

Braun, Bernhard, 215

charges, 77, 82–83, 94, 176; convic-

Braunmühl, Gerold, 302–3

tions, 178; Elrod, 82, 159; Hayden,

Brecht, Bertolt, 59, 89

80; Judge Hoffman, 80, 333n14;

Breines, Paul, 55

Palmer, 149; Seale, 154, 159,

Brightman, Carol, 161, 165

333n14; Weatherman and, 77, 80,

Brown, John, 163

81, 82, 154, 159; Yippies/Hoffman/

Brown, Rap, 178

Rubin, 117, 169

Brown, Sam, 299

Chicago Tribune,
83

Brückner, Peter, 239–40, 259, 264, 274,

Christian Democrats (CDU), German,

277, 353n36

31, 33, 39, 196, 223, 259, 355n77

Buback, Siegfried, 232, 242, 269; assas-

Christian Socialist Union, German, 31

sination, 197, 234, 238, 263; obitu-

CIA, 25, 145, 296–97, 331n82

ary (“Buback—ein Nachruf”),

Civil Rights Act (1964), 139

263–64

civil rights movement, 21, 30; BLA and,

Buddenberg, Wolfgang, 210, 212

339n156; democracy, 22; Dohrn

Burke, Edmund, 283–84

and, 48; ethic of resistance, 87–88;

Johnson position, 139; Roth and,

Calvert, Greg, 90, 103, 104

28; Vietnam War and, 99; and

Cambodia, bombings, 131, 145, 178

violence, 22–23, 35–36, 99

Camus, Albert, 191–92

civil rights violations: antiterrorist, 254–

Capital
(Marx), 239

72, 283–89, 303, 311; of black

capitalism, 45; antiglobalization move-

Americans, 6; German laws allow-

ment and, 310–11; consumer, 9, 42;

ing, 31, 40, 66, 226, 254–72, 277,

democratic, 22, 32–33; fascism and,

280, 282–89, 303, 311

32–34, 244; global, 7, 24; Marx on,

Clark, Judy, 299

239, 240; monopoly, 42; morality,

Clark, Mark, 154–55

22; RAF and, 38, 197, 200, 204,

Clark, Ramsey, 270

207, 211, 228, 230, 238, 242, 305;

Cleaver, Eldridge, 38, 160; and BLA,

Schleyer, 197, 279; state relation

339n156; internationalism, 178,

with, 94; and Vietnam War, 123–

179; and King assassination, 36,

24; Weatherman and, 54, 56, 72,

318n41; RAF quoting, 241;
Soul

93, 294

on Ice,
163

“Carlos,” 268

Clinton, Bill, 300

Carrero Blanco, Luis, 238

Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, 34

Catechism of a Revolutionist
(Nechayev),

collectives: American New Left, 3; Ger-

189, 193

man New Left, 208; Melville, 117–

Catonsville 9, 121–22, 329n18

21, 149, 177, 178; Weatherman,

Index

379

57–61, 107, 171–74, 180, 182–83,

326n85; BPP and, 77, 81, 108, 155;

291

criticism-self-criticism about, 107;

Columbia University, 28–30; protests

Flint War Council and, 158, 159,

(1968), 25–26, 28–30, 94, 148–49,

161; and Hampton murder, 77, 81,

335n76

84, 334n40; law enforcement and,