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Red Brigades
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Red Brigades

 Italian Brigate Rosse

Extreme left-wing terrorist organization in Italy. Its self-proclaimed aim was to undermine the Italian state and pave the way for a Marxist upheaval led by a “revolutionary proletariat.” Reputedly founded by Renato Curcio (b. 1945), it began carrying out violent acts with firebombings (1970), escalating to kidnappings (1971) and murders (1974), most notably that of Aldo Moro (1978). At its height, it probably had 400 to 500 full-time members, perhaps 1,000 sporadic members, and a few thousand supporters. Arrest and imprisonment of many leaders and ordinary members greatly weakened the organization in the 1980s. However, a group calling itself the Red Brigades claimed responsibility for several violent attacks in the 1990s and into the 21st century.
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In Mara, Renato, e io: storia dei fondatori delle Brigate Rosse ("Mara, Renato, and I: The History of the Founders of the Red Brigades," 1988), he described his longing for Communism in its purest and most absolute form.
Mythmaking & the Aldo Moro case by Drake, Richard / New Criterion
Germany's Red Army Faction (RAF) and Italy's Brigate Rosse (BR), also known as the Red Brigades, seek to create a revolutionary state through armed struggle against what they perceive to be an imperialistic state.
Terrorism in the United States: 1990 by Penberthy, Mark / Security Management
 
 
 
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