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Benito Mussolini, dictator of Fascist Italy (left), and Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany (right), were fascist leaders.. Fascism (/ ˈ f æ ʃ ɪ z əm / FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, [1] [2] [3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a ...
The Italian Fascists imposed totalitarian rule and crushed political and intellectual opposition, while promoting economic modernization, traditional social values and a rapprochement with the Roman Catholic Church. Italy was a leading member of the Axis powers in World War II, battling with initial
The Bolshevik movement and later the Soviet Union made frequent use of the fascist insult coming from its conflict with the early German and Italian fascist movements. The label was widely used in press and political language to describe the ideological opponents of the Bolsheviks, such as the White movement.
For example, fascists have historically rejected free market capitalism, unlike Trump. Instead, Bray calls Trump "fascistic" -- "I think the term fascist suggests that he's more of an ideologue of ...
Eco also cites Pat Robertson's book The New World Order as a prominent example of a plot obsession. Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak". On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation.
Fascists identified their primary opponents as the socialists on the left who had opposed intervention in World War I. [98] The Fascists and the rest of the Italian political right held common ground: both held Marxism in contempt, discounted class consciousness and believed in the rule of elites. [104]
Fascist Legacy is a 1989 BBC documentary TV miniseries about Italian war crimes during World War II. It consists of two parts. It consists of two parts. The first part itself consists of two sections and was aired on 1 November 1989, on BBC, under the title A Promise Fulfilled .
Dec 3, 2018; Washington, DC, U.S.A; White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in attendance as President George H.W. Bush arrives to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.