1. Red Brigades - Noun
2. Red Brigades - Proper noun
a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989
Source: WordNetAt the time, all of the founding members of the Red Brigades were in jail; therefore, the organisation led by Mario Moretti that kidnapped Moro is said to be the "Second Red Brigades". Source: Internet
In Italy, important successes were achieved with the cooperation of pentiti in the fight against terrorism (especially against the Red Brigades ), by Carabinieri general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa (who was later killed by the Mafia). Source: Internet
Groups in Europe like the Red Brigades and the Baader-Meinhof Gang were responsible for a spate of bombings, kidnappings, and murders. Source: Internet
Negri was charged with a number of offences including leadership of the Red Brigades, being behind Moro's kidnapping and murder, and plotting to overthrow the government. Source: Internet
The Italian authorities responded with a large-scale manhunt. 100 Years of Terror, documentary by History Channel Negotiations The Red Brigades proposed to exchange Moro's life for the freedom of several prisoners. Source: Internet
The Red Brigades in Italy carried out assassinations of political figures, as to a lesser extent, did the Red Army Faction in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. Source: Internet