Armed Proletarians For Communism - History

History

Armed Proletarians for Communism was founded in 1976, as one of the numerous armed groups spun out of Italian Autonomism (Autonomia Operaia). By opposition to the Red Brigades, PAC was structured "horizontally", with independently constituted cells with their own actions.

Most of the early members were young workers, unemployed people and teachers. An estimate 60 people were involved in the group in Lombardy and Veneto.

The leaders of the PAC were Sebastiano Masala, Arrigo Cavallina (considered to be the ideologue of the group)

The group was dissolved in 1979

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