Original title Contre-Violence ou la résistance à l’Etat, translation by Regina Weiss, München: Trikont Verlag, 1978, 149 pages
A publication which, for reasons of content and editing, seems as dubious as it is confusing, and must be viewed extremely critically. We will confine ourselves to three quotations.
Editor’s note: “Feminism and ‘terror’ is primarily a debate within the feminist movement. In terms of content, we do not have the same appreciation of the text. But we are all of the opinion that the issues addressed must find a space in the FRG, which is far from obvious since the literary bans”.
Translator’s note: “By agreement with the author, the first chapter of the French edition, “La guérilla urbaine”, and Appendix 1 of “Reunion des Dissidents” have not been translated. We have added the essay “Women, revolution and the workers’ movement”, the text on Rita Brown and, slightly shortened, a commentary on Peter Brückner’s book “Ulrike Meinhof und die deutschen Verhältnisse”.
Cover text Quote: “The text is complemented by a critical and supportive afterword by Evelyn Le Garrec, who explains why, in her view, feminist forms of underground militarist struggle, even for a politically critical feminist movement, are not defensible”. (Herbert Kapfer)