red brigades

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Definition of red brigades in English Turkish dictionary

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the red brigades

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Definition of red brigades in English English dictionary

a former Marxist-Leninist militant group based in Italy

{i} extreme leftist terrorist militant organization formed in the late 1960s in Italy (group who was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of the Italian prime minister Aldo Moro in 1978)

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

a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organizaiton that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989

Hyphenation

Red brigades

Turkish pronunciation

red brîgeydz

Pronunciation

/ˈred brəˈgādz/ /ˈrɛd brɪˈɡeɪdz/