Red Brigades
Italian terrorist group
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Summary
Red Brigades is a terrorist organization[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of terrorist organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,183 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: left-wing terrorism[3], communist terrorism[4]
- Country: Italy[5]
- Instance of: left-wing organization[6], defunct organization[7]
- Commons category: Red Brigades[8]
- Chairperson: Renato Curcio[9], Alberto Franceschini[10], Margherita Cagol[11]
- Inception: 1966[12]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1988[13]
- Significant event: kidnapping of Aldo Moro[14], Kidnapping of Pietro Costa[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Red Brigades[16]
- Political ideology: Marxism–Leninism[17], Neo-Marxism[18], foco[19], Guevarism[20], Maoism[21], left-wing terrorism[22]
- Number of victims of killer: 81 person[23]
- Political alignment: far-left politics[24]
- Native label: Brigate Rosse[25]
- Different from: Red Brigade Trust[26]
- Member count: 25,000[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Q141394106[28]
Why It Matters
Red Brigades has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]