Action Directe (French pronunciation: [aksjɔ̃ diʁɛkt]; AD; lit. 'direct action') was a French far-left militant organization that originated from the anti-Franco...
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Action Directe (French: [aksjɔ̃ diʁɛkt]) is a short 15-metre (49 ft) overhanging sport climb at the limestone Waldkopf crag in Frankenjura, Germany. When...
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Aubron (26 June 1959 – 1 March 2006) was a militant in the French group Action directe. Arrested on 9 April 1982, she was sentenced to 4 years in prison for...
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14a), Wallstreet in 1987, the world's first-ever 8c (5.14b), and with Action Directe in 1991, the world's first-ever 9a (5.14d). Güllich was the first-ever...
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Directe (English: Direct Action), a French leftist terrorist group Direct Action (trade union), an independent Ukrainian students union Direct Action...
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contact with other far-left militant organizations in Europe such as the Action Directe of France, the Red Brigades of Italy and the Red Army Faction of Germany...
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not suit others. It was many years before famous test-pieces such as Action Directe at 9a (5.14d) or Realization/Biographie at 9a+ (5.15a) were repeated...
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Left-wing terrorism (section Action Directe)
the Greek Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N), the French Action Directe (AD), and the Belgian Communist Combatant Cells (CCC). Asian groups...
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routes in the region. He also managed a redpoint attempt of the famous Action Directe within two hours, setting a record time. In addition, he is the only...
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similar groups in Lebanon and abroad, such as the French 'Direct Action' (French: Action Directe), the Italian 'Red Brigades' (Italian: Brigate Rosse), and...
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required 'dynos' (or jumps) to reach holds; famous examples include Action Directe (Germany), Realization/Biographie (France), La Rambla (Spain), Jumbo...
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known for being assassinated on 25 January 1985 by the armed group Action directe (AD) in front of his residence in La Celle-Saint-Cloud. Audran was a...
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Revolutionary Front for Proletarian Action was founded as a splinter of the Communist Combatant Cells at the initiative of Action Directe following disagreements...
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committed while she was a member of the French revolutionary group Action directe. She was sentenced to life in prison in 1989 and released in August...
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outside his Paris home in front of one of his children by the armed group Action directe while he was the CEO of car manufacturer Renault. 1958 - General manager...
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14d): Coup d'État – La Tranchée, Belgium – 28 June 2020. First ascent. Action Directe – Waldkopf, Frankenjura (GER) – 2017. Youth Will Bosi "Profile: Simon...
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in the west terminal of Orly Airport, claimed by the far-left group Action directe. 21 July 1980 Shooting 1 0 Assassination of former Prime Minister of...
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Güllich's iconic route Action Directe (XI, 9a) in Frankenjura. She lives in Fontainebleau. Le Nevé's 2020 ascent of Action Directe: Lowell, Josh (director)...
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15 December 1986, he survived an assassination attempt by members of Action Directe (AD) in front of his house. The driver of his car was killed in the...
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proposed. For the highest grades, the first repeat can take years (e.g. Action Directe or Jumbo Love), or even decades (e.g. Open Air [de]). First onsight...
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ISBN 9781873605851. Dartnell, Michael (1995). "The History of Action Directe: From Gauchisme to Nihilism". Action Directe: Ultra-Left Terrorism in France, 1979-1987. Frank...
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climbing sport-routes, ascended the short but severely overhanging Action Directe creating the first-ever 9a (5.14d) graded route. Gullich was a pioneer...
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December 1985. In 1987 RAID arrested the leaders of the terrorist group Action Directe in their Vitry-aux-Loges hideout. In May 1993, RAID solved a delicate...
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unknown attackers, 23 December 1983 European Space Agency bombing, by Action Directe, 3 August 1984 February 1985 Paris bombing, on Marks & Spencer by Palestinian...
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help him climb the world's hardest consensus-graded route at the time, Action Directe, and has since become a standard training tool for climbers. Other climbing...
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1987 after the assassination of Renault's chairman, Georges Besse by Action directe. The Renault Medallion (Renault 21 in Europe) sedan and wagon was sold...
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criminal offence. If one sets hundreds of cars on fire, that is political action." "World War II was only twenty years earlier. Those in charge of the police...
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"Max le fou", explosives manufacturer and member of the Lyon cell of [Action Directe, who was already wanted for three murders, including two police officers...
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first confirmed increase in grades since Wolfgang Gullich's ascent of Action Directe 9a (5.14d), a decade earlier. Sharma's ascent of the route was captured...
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the GARI merged together with a Maoist militant group and established Action Directe (AD), which became involved in increasingly more extreme acts of left-wing...
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