FAR | |
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Fasci di Azione Rivoluzionaria | |
Leader(s) | Pino Romualdi |
Dates of operation | 1945/1946 - 1947 |
Succeeded by | New FAR - Legione Nera |
Motives | Resistance to US Army Fascist revolution |
Active region(s) | Italy, Rome, Milan |
Ideology |
Italian Fascism Traditionalism Anti-Americanism Anti-communism |
Status | banned |
The Fasci di Azione Rivoluzionaria (Leagues of Revolutionary Action) abbreviated FAR, was an Italian neofascist paramilitary organization founded in 1946. FAR was the first neofascist group in Italy which led an armed struggle after collapse of Fascist Regime.
The New FAR also known as Legione Nera (Black Legion) was founded in 1951 in Rome. Its members carried out armed attacks against Ministry of Foreign Affairs and US Embassy in Rome.
Italian traditionalist philosopher Julius Evola was arrested in 1951 and tried. He was a suspected to be an ideologist of the FAR.