[7] In 1997 a stand at the Salon du Livre held by National-Hebdo, a magazine linked to the Front National, was ransacked by individuals claiming association with Ras l'Front.
[8] Far-right journalist Emmanuel Ratier alleged that the movement was Trotskyist-inspired and used the antifascism fight to manipulate youth.
[9] In 2006 "Ras l'Front" found particular resonance within the far-left, especially the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire, from which many militants originated.
[12] In January 1997 Jean-Marie Le Pen was ordered to pay one symbolic franc to the association for calling it a "movement of cop killers."
In May 2007 Ras l'Front was convicted of public defamation after calling for protests in 2005 against a conference by the Fondation Jérôme-Lejeune.