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Germany 4/3, Extra-parliamentary opposition and pressure - Coggle Diagram
Germany 4/3
How did the nature of extra-parliamentary opposition change?
1960's
NPD
Oldest of Germany’s current right wing parties. In many ways the party could be seen as a successor of Hitler’s Nazi Party
SDS
Originally affiliated to the SPD, the SDS (German Socialist Students Union) was expelled in 1961 because of its opposition to German rearmament
APO-opposition outside parliament
APO was a loose alliance of left wing students, trade unionists and intellectuals
1970's
The RAF
The German Autumn, 1977
RAF emerged from extremist elements of the APO. It is often referred to as the Baader-Meinhof gang after two of its most prominent members - Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof-communist ideals and opposed capitalist exploitation
1980's
The environmental movement
The Green Party
Environmental concerns became very widespread in West Germany. In the aftermath of the oil crisis in 1973-4, regional political groups concerned with environmental issues
Why did the protest movement emerge in the 1960s?
New post war generation, rejection of elders values
Economic downturn
Concern about Nazi past - issue ignored
Concern over growth of nuclear power
Growth in higher education/student population
Coalition government - consensus and no opposition
Increase in immigration - guestworkers
Extra-parliamentary opposition and pressure