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Line 20: * [[Marxism-Leninism]]<ref>(fr)Serge Cosseron, Dictionnaire de l'extrême gauche, Larousse, collection À présent, 2007 ({{ISBN\|978-2-03-582620-6}}) p. 61</ref> }} \| position = [[Left-wing]] \| crimes = \| attacks = Assassinations of [[René Audran]] and [[Georges Besse]]<br>1979 Attack on the HQ of [[Conseil national du patronat français]]<br>[[1986 Paris police station attack]] Line 27 ⟶ 28: }} '''''Action Directe''''' ({{IPA-\|fr\|ak.sjɔ̃ di.ʁɛkt\|}}; AD, {{lit\|[[direct action]]}}) was a French [[far-left]] militant group that originated from the anti-[[Francisco Franco\|Franco]] struggle and the [[autonomous movement]], and was responsible for violent attacks in France between 1979 and 1987. Members of the group considered themselves [[libertarian communist]]s who had formed an "[[urban guerrilla]] organization". The French government banned the group. During its existence, AD's members murdered 12 people, and wounded a further 26. It associated at various times with the [[Red Brigades]] (Italy), [[Red Army Faction]] (West Germany), [[Prima Linea]] (Italy), [[Armed Nuclei for Popular Autonomy]] (France), [[Communist Combatant Cells]], [[Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions]], [[Irish National Liberation Army]],<ref>Jack Holland & Henry McDonald, INLA – Deadly Divisions, 1994, p.146-7, p.214-15</ref> and others. == Elisabeth Van Dyck Command == Line 42 ⟶ 43: There is an ongoing campaign by some sections of the French far-left calling for the [[parole]] of the still imprisoned AD members, who consider themselves [[political prisoners]]. In December 2007, Jean-Marc Rouillan was allowed a state of "semi-liberty", able to leave prison for extended periods. In September 2008, a Parisian court called for the revocation of his status after he declared in an interview with ''[[L'Express (France)\|L'Express]]'' that "I remain convinced that armed struggle is necessary at certain moments of the revolutionary process".<ref>{{Cite news\|date=October 1, 2008\|title=Le parquet demande la révocation de la semi-liberté de Rouillan\|work=[[Libération]]\|url=http://www.liberation.fr/societe/0101119728-rouillan-la-lutte-armee-est-necessaire\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309145332/http://www.liberation.fr/societe/0101119728-rouillan-la-lutte-armee-est-necessaire\|archive-date=2012-03-09\|quote="Il faut clarifier les choses: le processus de lutte armée tel qu’il est né dans l’après-68, dans ce formidable élan d’émancipation, n’existe plus (...) Mais, en tant que communiste, je reste convaincu que la lutte armée est nécessaire à un moment du processus révolutionnaire." "Il faut clarifier les choses: le processus de lutte armée tel qu’il est né dans l’après-68, dans ce formidable élan d’émancipation, n’existe plus (...) Mais, en tant que communiste, je reste convaincu que la lutte armée est nécessaire à un moment du processus révolutionnaire."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/3119083/Terrorist-group-Action-Directe-founder-does-not-regret-murders.html\|title=Terrorist group Action Directe founder 'does not regret murders'\|last=Samuel\|first=Henry\|journal=Daily Telegraph\|date=2008-10-01\|access-date=2018-02-08\|language=en-GB\|issn=0307-1235\|archive-date=2018-02-08\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123851/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/3119083/Terrorist-group-Action-Directe-founder-does-not-regret-murders.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> == Legacy == A sport climb in [[Frankenjura]], Germany is named [[Action Directe (climb)\|Action Directe]] after the group. ==See also== * [[Anarchism in France]] * [[Autonomism]] * [[Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions]] Line 72 ⟶ 77: [[Category:Anti-imperialist organizations]] [[Category:Autonomism]] [[Category:~~Communism~~Communist organizations in France]] ~~[[Category:Communist organizations]]~~ [[Category:Communist terrorism]] [[Category:Defunct anarchist militant groups]]