Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action

[1][2][4][6] RaRa was active in the 1980s and 1990s[7] within the Netherlands, bombing sites to express opposition to the apartheid policies of South Africa as well as to the Dutch asylum legislation.

[2] RaRa also set fire to the Amsterdam head office of the Royal Packing Industry Van Leer BV on 9 July 1986.

[10] In January 1987 Steenkolen Handels Vereniging (SHV) pulled out of South Africa because of arson attacks by RaRa.

[11] One of the members of RaRa was quoted as saying, in connection with the SHV pull-out, "According to the rules of TV democracy, those with the most access to the media win.

[1] A higher court subsequently changed the verdict to a sentence of 18 months imprisonment because some evidence was illegally obtained as the public persecutor during a search of seven properties had been temporarily absent.