Red Guards (Italy)
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 |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colors | Red |
| Anthem | Bandiera Rossa |
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The Red Guards (Italian: Guardie Rosse), also known as Proletarian Defense Formations (Italian: Formazioni di Difesa 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.