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Although 487 named left-wing terrorist groups have appeared in Italy since 1969, only three have made any long-term impact: the Brigate Rosse (BR) or Red Brigades; the Nuclei Armati Proletari (NAP) or Armed Proletarian Nuclei; and Prima Linea (PL) or Front Line. All three of these groups believed in the violent overthrow of the state and in an ill-defined ‘socialist’ society based on Marxist-Leninist and Maoist principles, but their structures, tactics and strategies varied considerably.
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Diego Novelli and Nicola Tranfaglia, Vite Sospese (Garzanti, 1988).
Taken from an appendix by Mario Massardi in Alison Jamieson, The Heart Attacked (London: Marion Boyars, 1989) p.262.
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Janke, P. (1992). Italy: The Problem of Ultra-Leftist Violence. In: Janke, P. (eds) Terrorism and Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12452-7_5
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