Red Guards Guardie Rosse | |
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Founded | 1919 |
Dissolved | 1922 (de facto) |
Parent party | Italian Socialist Party Communist Party of Italy |
Membership | 100,000 |
Ideology | Socialism Communism Anarchism Syndicalism Anti-fascism Anti-capitalism |
Colors | Red |
Anthem | Bandiera Rossa |
The Red Guards (Italian: Guardie Rosse), also known as Proletarian Defense Formations (Italian: Formazioni di Difesa Proletaria),[1] were a paramilitary organization affiliated with the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and later the Communist Party of Italy (PCdI) during the Red Biennium of the Kingdom of Italy.[2]