Red Brigades

Summary

Red Brigades is a terrorist organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of terrorist_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,037 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Red Brigades's field of work was left-wing terrorism^[3].
• Red Brigades's field of work was communist terrorism^[4].
• Red Brigades is in the country of Italy^[5].
• Red Brigades's image is recorded as Arresto Curcio e Franceschini.jpg^[6].
• Red Brigades's instance of is recorded as terrorist organization^[7].
• Red Brigades's instance of is recorded as left-wing organization^[8].
• Red Brigades's instance of is recorded as defunct organization^[9].
• Red Brigades's logo image is recorded as Flag of the Brigate Rosse.svg^[10].
• Red Brigades's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122851103^[11].
• Red Brigades's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124870952^[12].
• Red Brigades's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 105145970351332252792^[13].
• Red Brigades's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236834630^[14].
• Red Brigades's GND ID is recorded as 5068527-2^[15].
• Red Brigades's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2008031625^[16].
• Red Brigades's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 133186733^[17].
• Red Brigades's IdRef ID is recorded as 027463249^[18].
• Red Brigades's Commons category is recorded as Red Brigades^[19].
• Red Brigades's chairperson is recorded as Renato Curcio^[20].
• Red Brigades's chairperson is recorded as Alberto Franceschini^[21].
• Red Brigades's chairperson is recorded as Margherita Cagol^[22].
• +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Red Brigades^[23].
• Red Brigades was dissolved in +1988-01-01T00:00:00Z^[24].
• Red Brigades's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06htz^[25].
• Red Brigades's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20020322184^[26].
• Red Brigades's significant event is recorded as kidnapping of Aldo Moro^[27].

Body

Founding

+1966-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Red Brigades^[23].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Renato Curcio^[20], an editor^[28], b. 1941^[29], of Italy^[30]; Alberto Franceschini^[21], a political activist^[31], 1947–2025^[32], of Italy^[33]; and Margherita Cagol^[22], a political activist^[34], 1945–1975^[35], of Italy^[36].

Industry

Fields of work include left-wing terrorism^[3], a political violence^[37] and communist terrorism^[4].

Dissolution

Red Brigades was dissolved in +1988-01-01T00:00:00Z^[24].

Why It Matters

Red Brigades ranks in the top 8% of terrorist_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,037 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]