Red Brigades (Noun)
Meaning
A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization 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.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Red Brigades were responsible for numerous violent attacks against politicians, business leaders, and journalists throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
- Italy's government responded to the rise of the Red Brigades with a mixture of repression and negotiation.
- The Red Brigades' most prominent kidnapping was that of former Prime Minister Aldo Moro, who was eventually murdered by the group.
- The Red Brigades also advocated for the release of imprisoned comrades, often staging violent protests to draw attention to their cause.
- In response to the increasing threat posed by the Red Brigades, the Italian government introduced stricter laws and surveillance measures.