Years of Lead (Italy)
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The Years of Lead were a period of social and political turmoil in Italy that lasted from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, marked by a wave of both far-left and far-right political terrorism.
Aftermath of Bologna massacre railway station bombing by the neo-fascist Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari in 1980, which killed 85 people in the deadliest attack during the Years of Lead
A passage of the funerals of the victims of the Piazza Fontana bombing. The funeral march goes through Milan Cathedral Square. Milan, 12 December 1969
Renato Curcio in 2008
Junio Valerio Borghese
Red Brigades
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The Red Brigades were an Italian far-left Marxist–Leninist militant group. It was responsible for numerous violent attacks during Italy's Years of Lead, including the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Mor
Years of Lead (Italy)
…known as the "strategy of tension", which sought to sow panic, blame the left, and provoke an authoritarian coup. Far-left groups, most prominently the Red Brigades, carried out targeted assassinations, kidnappings, and bombings intended to destabilize the state and inspire a proletarian revolution. This political…
Moro photographed during his detention by the Red Brigades