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Red Brigades

The Red Brigades (Italian: Brigate Rosse [briˈɡaːte ˈrosse], often abbreviated BR) were an Italian far-left Marxist–Leninist militant group. It was responsible for numerous violent attacks during Italy's Years of Lead, including the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro in 1978, a former prime minister of Italy through the organic centre-left. The…

Culture, Expansion and radicalization & BR in the 1980s

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Active regions
Italy
Dates active
Red Brigades August 1970 – 23 October 1988 New Red Brigades 20 May 1999 – 25 September 2006
Ideology
Communism · Marxism–Leninism
Leaders
Renato Curcio Margherita Cagol Alberto Franceschini
Other name
Combatant Communist Party
Political position
Far-left

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1974 arrest of BR founders

Expansion and radicalization

BR in the 1980s

Late 1990s resurgence and murders

Later developments

Statistics

Foreign support

In popular culture

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Red Brigades

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Edges156
Triples196
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012739
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Red Brigades

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related to Red Brigades-PCC and Red Brigades-UCC 1981 split · 34
Red Brigades → After, April, Balzerani, Barbara Balzerani, Bertolazzi, BR, By, Combatant Communists, Communist Combatant Party, Curcio, Florence Lando Conti, Forlì, General Licio Giorgieri, Giovanni Senzani, Iannelli, In, In February, In March, Italian Prime Minister Ciriaco, Italian Senator Roberto Ruffilli
related to Flight to France · 32
Red Brigades → Argentina, Augusto Canchi, Bologna, Bordeaux's, BR, Cesare Battisti, Delfo Zorzi, France, French, French President Emmanuel Macron, French President François Mitterrand, French-Italian, In, In April, Italian, Italian Justice, Italians, Italy, Japan, Mitterrand
related to Expansion and radicalization · 29
Red Brigades → After, Also, Amongst, April, BR, Cagol, Carabinieri, Cascina Spiotta, Communist Combatant Party, Gancia, Genoa, In, Italian Resistance, Its, Mario Sossi, Multinazionali, Professor Fausto Cuocolo, Rome, Second World War, State
related to Late 1990s resurgence and murders · 29
Red Brigades → Arezzo, Berlusconi, Bologna, BR, Castiglion Fiorentino, Diana Blefari Melazzi, Emanuele Petri, Florence, Galesi, Italian, Italian Prime Minister Silvio, June, Lioce, March, Marco Biagi, Marco Mezzasalma, Mario Galesi, Massimo D'Antona, Nadia Desdemona Lioce, Nadia Lioce
related to Foreign support · 27
Red Brigades → Acca Larentia, Aldo Moro's, Commissioner Antonio Esposito, Czechoslovak, Czechoslovak StB, Diplomat Leamon Hunt, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Italian Communist Party, KGB, Middle East, North Africa, Pacepa, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, Prague, Roberto Peci, Romanian, Rome, Russian, Salerno
related to 1970: First BR generation · 15
Red Brigades → Alberto Franceschini, Among, August, Auschwitz, Franceschini's, Its, Margherita Cagol, Pirelli, Renato Curcio, Siemens, The, The Red Brigades, Trento, University, Workers
related to External links · 13
Red Brigades → Archived, Chris Aronson Beck, December, Educate One Hundred, Italy, Lee Morris, Ollie Patterson, Reggie Emilia, Seeds Beneath, Snow, Strike One, The Rise, Wayback Machine
related to In popular culture · 7
Red Brigades → He, Joe Strummer, John Foot, July, Red Brigade, Rude Boy, The Clash
Ideology · 2
Red Brigades → Communism, Marxism–Leninism
Active regions · 1
Red Brigades → Italy

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br red italian brigades group italy moro murder political members kidnapping party killed including communist years far-left police arrested also

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Red BrigadesActive regionsItaly1.00infobox
Red BrigadesDates activeRed Brigades August 1970 – 23 October 1988 New Red Brigades 20 May 1999 – 25 September 20061.00infobox
Red BrigadesIdeologyCommunism1.00infobox
Red BrigadesIdeologyMarxism–Leninism1.00infobox
Red BrigadesLeadersRenato Curcio Margherita Cagol Alberto Franceschini1.00infobox
Red BrigadesOther nameCombatant Communist Party1.00infobox
Red BrigadesPolitical positionFar-left1.00infobox
Red BrigadesWarsYears of Lead1.00infobox
bank robberiesinstance ofas well as a number of murders occurring during criminal ventures0.80text
kidnappingsinstance ofas well as a number of murders occurring during criminal ventures0.80text
Red Brigadesrelated to 1970: First BR generationThe Red Brigades0.60section
Red Brigadesrelated to 1970: First BR generationAugust0.60section

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