Arditi del Popolo
The Arditi del Popolo (English: "The People's Daring Ones") was an Italian militant anti-fascist group founded at the end of June 1921 to resist the rise of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party and the violence of the Blackshirts (squadristi) paramilitaries. It grouped revolutionary trade-unionists, socialists, communists, anarchists, republicans, anti-capitalists, as well as some former military officers, and was co-founded by Giuseppe Mingrino, Argo Secondari and Gino Lucetti – who tried to assassinate Mussolini on 11 September 1926 – the deputy Guido Picelli and others. The Arditi del Popolo were an offshoot of the Arditi elite troops, who had previously occupied Fiume in 1919 behind the poet Gabriele d'Annunzio, who proclaimed the Italian Regency of Carnaro. Those who split to form the Arditi del Popolo were close to the anarchist Argo Secondari and were supported by Mario Carli. The formazioni di difesa proletaria (Proletarian Defense Formations) later merged with them. The Arditi del Popolo gathered approximately 20,000 members in summer 1921.
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| Arditi del Popolo | |
Flag of the Arditi del Popolo, section Civitavecchia | |
| Leader | Argo Secondari |
| Dates of operation | 17 June 1921 – 1924 |
| Split from | Arditi |
| Merged into | Italian resistance movement |
| Country | Italy |
| Motives | Opposition to Italian fascism |
| Ideology | Anti-fascism Factions:
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| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| Size | 20,000 (1921) |
| Opponents | Fascist Italy
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