Alias ‘GBGPGS’: Action directe internationale's transition from revolutionary terrorism to euro‐terrorism
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Terrorism and Political Violence
- Vol. 9 (4) , 33-57
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09546559708427429
Abstract
This article discusses terrorism as a ritual act or series of acts that expresses a message. The case of GBGPGS illustrates how complex such messages are by referring them to their French and global contexts. The group's violent struggle against political rules has a ‘sacrificial’ dimension and was justified as a response to ‘crisis’. Through attempting to re‐interpret French extreme‐left traditions, the GBGPGS campaign foreshadowed Euro‐terrorism. The most salient evidence of this shift was the group's concentration on economic globalization and the weakening of traditional state and great power structures.Keywords
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