ISSUE THREE

Support, Funding and Recruitment

of the Red Brigades

Megan Bainbridge

SUPPORT

Wide public support was non existentRelied heavily on recruitment of younger

individuals for supportNo support from political parties or legal

leftists organizationsContacts with other European “red groups”

FUNDING

Kidnapping for ransom -Prime Minister Aldo Moro-Senior politician Cilo Cirillo

Use of theftPersonal funding

RECRUITMENT

Who were the target recruits?Where did recruitments take place?Methods used?

CONCLUSION

The Red Brigades recruited younger individuals and those with factory jobs.

Kidnapping for ransom was used as the main method of raising funds.

Support was most often by current members or new recruits.