The Arditi del Popolo militia successfully attacked a fascist meeting place and held the streets of Piombino for several days before being forced to withdraw.

On July 19, 1921, the first anti-fascist militia in history, the Arditi del Popolo, was formed in the port city of Piombino, in Tuscany, Italy. Faced with a growing fascist offensive, anarchist and communist workers armed themselves around the Arditi del Popolo and, for months, managed to take to the streets of cities and working-class neighborhoods and confront the squads of blackshirts.

#OtD 19 Jul 1921 anti-fascist militia the Arditi del Popolo took their first official action in Piombino, Italy. They attacked a fascist meeting place, rounded up the fascists, then held the streets for several days before being forced to withdraw https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9103/arditi-del-popolo-piombino-action