Red Guards (Italy)
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The Red Guards, also known as Proletarian Defense Formations, were a paramilitary organization affiliated with the Italian Socialist Party and later the Communist Party of Italy during the Red Bienniu
Red Guards in a factory during the Red Biennium
Biennio Rosso
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The Biennio Rosso was a two-year period, between 1919 and 1920, of intense social conflict in Italy, following the First World War. The revolutionary period was followed by the violent reaction of the
Red Guards (Italy)
…Proletaria), 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. After the end of the First World War, the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) strongly increased its membership. Italy suffered a…
Armed workers occupying factories in Milan, September 1920