Anti-militarist resistance in Italy

The Italian anti-militarist resistance movement has, since 1929, waged a low level insurgency against the military regime of Pietro Badoglio. The conflict is rooted deeply in the events of the Decennio Rosso, a roughly ten-year period of political violence and economic instability.
The resistance movement is divided into multiple organizations with differing goals. The communist-led movement is organized under the Revolutionary Liberation Committee, based in exile in Berlin, Germany. Communists are organized in clandestine cells across Italy, but are especially strong in their activity in the industrialized north. These cells primary engage in civil disobedience, industrial sabotage and dissemination of propaganda. The non-communist opposition is largely organized under the Giustizia e Libertà movement of Carlo Rosselli. The actions of the movement have primarily consisted of targeted attacks against political figures of the regime. Allied with the movement is two regional autonomist organizations: the Lion of Saint Mark in Venice, and the Sardinian Action Party in Sardinia.
== History ==
The resistance movement began after the rise of the Governo Militare, a dictatorial military regime under General Pietro Badoglio brought to power after the assassination of Prime Minister Luigi Sturzo. Under the rule of the regime, the 1928 elections were suspended, martial law was instituted, and a number of political parties were banned. This came about amidst the Decennio Rosso, a period of widespread political violence. Though the actions of the regime brought a swift end to the unrest that had characterized the Decennio Rosso, opposition groups soon reconstituted themselves clandestinely.
The first resistance organization to arise was the Revolutionary Liberation Committee, formed on 1 May 1929 by exiled communists. In 1930 the resistance movement was joined by Giustizia e Libertà, an organization formed by a group of anti-militarist exiles based in London. Led by Carlo Rosselli, the movement is based around his personal ideology known as "liberal socialism". The movement is supported by the Italian Worker's Socialist Party, where most founding members originated, and the Italian Republican Party.
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