The left-wing extremist Red Army Faction (RAF) has terrorized the Federal Republic for around three decades. The RAF sees itself as part of the class struggle and a global uprising against imperialism and capitalism.
Their name refers to the army of the communist Soviet Union. With its armed struggle and the concept of an alleged urban guerrilla, the RAF compared itself to global liberation movements. The group around Baader, Ensslin and Meinhof committed numerous bank robberies and bomb attacks on US military facilities and German security authorities.