The Red Brigades
The Red Brigades or ‘Brigate Rosse,’ was a left wing Marxist-Leninist terrorist group active in Italy during the 1970s and 80s. The group’s main goal was to force Italy out of the NATO alliance. In an attempt to do so, they carried out a terror campaign that consisted of thousands of usually random but occasionally targeted acts of violence.
Like many of the other Cold War era terrorists groups, the Red Brigades was started by radical students unhappy with the political landscape at the time. Initially, there were two branches of the Red Brigades: the Reggio Emilia group headed by Alberto Franceschini, which recruited from the Communist youth movement, and the Trento Group that attracted supporters from a catholic university. The two branches
Like many of the other Cold War era terrorists groups, the Red Brigades was started by radical students unhappy with the political landscape at the time. Initially, there were two branches of the Red Brigades: the Reggio Emilia group headed by Alberto Franceschini, which recruited from the Communist youth movement, and the Trento Group that attracted supporters from a catholic university. The two branches