Red Guards (Italy)

Red Guards
Guardie Rosse
Founded1919
Dissolved1922 (de facto)
Parent partyItalian Socialist Party
Communist Party of Italy
Membership100,000
IdeologySocialism
Communism
Anarchism
Syndicalism
Anti-fascism
Anti-capitalism
Colors  Red
AnthemBandiera 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]