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1979
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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. “March 28 Brigade.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/454/

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, 1979
Disbanded: 
January 1, 1980

March 28 Brigade was a Milan-based left-wing terrorist group. It formed in 1979 as Red Guerrilla but changed its name to March 28 Brigade in response to the death of four Red Brigades militants in a firefight with Italian military police on March 28, 1980. The new group comprised former members of other left-wing groups, principally Communist Combat Formations (FCC), Communist Combat Units (UCC), and Communist Brigades (BC). March 28 Brigade militants sought to overthrow the Italian state and replace it with a dictatorship of the proletariat, and to that end hoped to gain credibility for their movement through attacks with the goal of establishing ties to the Red Brigades. It is unclear whether it succeeded; all of its members had been arrested by the end of 1980.

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