Red Week (Italy)

Red Week
Red Week
	Map showing regions affected by the Red Week: Emilia-Romagna, and Marche
Date	7–14 June 1914
Location	Romagna and the Marche
Caused by	Liberal reforms, killing of anti-militarist protestors
Goals	Revolution
Methods	Strike actions, rioting
Resulted in	Suppressed
Parties
Italian left wing Republican Party; Socialist Party; Syndicalist Union;	Kingdom of Italy Liberal Union; Carabinieri; Royal Italian Army;
Lead figures
	Oddo Marinelli; Errico Malatesta; Pietro Nenni; Benito Mussolini Antonio Salandra
Number
60,000 demonstrators	100,000 soldiers

Red Week was the name given to a week of unrest which occurred from 7 to 14 June 1914. Over these seven days, Italy saw widespread rioting and large-scale strikes throughout the Italian provinces of Romagna and the Marche.