to scientize agitation and politicize science

This essay was originally published in the March 1969 issue of the German-language magazine Film. It was republished in Harun Farocki, Meine Nächte mit den Linken: Texte 1964–1975, Schriften, vol. 3, ed. Volker Pantenburg (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2018). The present text is part of a forthcoming English translation of the volume.—Trans.

ESG: Evangelistischer Studentengruppe (Evangelical Student Group); GSG: Gewerkschaftliche Studierendengruppe (Student’s Trade Union Group); SDS: Sozialistischer Deutschen Studentenbund (Socialist German Student Union).—Trans.

A reference to Hans-Rüdiger Minow’s essay “Zur Organisierung des Film in der oppositionellen und revolutionären Arbeit,” published in the same issue of Film.—Trans.