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1981
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How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Communists Organized for Proletarian Liberation.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/365/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

Maps

Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 1981
Disbanded: 
January 1, 1983

Communists organized for Proletarian Liberation (COLP) was the larger of two groups to split from Prima Linea, the second-largest left-wing terrorist group in Italy. It had roughly 150 members and operated chiefly in Northern and Central Italy. COLP broke off when PL declined due to increasing arrests of its members. COLP aimed to free PL members and other left-wing militants from prison. It was the main successor to the PL after the PL itself dissolved, but it fell apart with the arrest of most of its members soon afterward.

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