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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 ...
Actual idealism; Aestheticization of politics; Anti-communism; Anti-intellectualism; Anti-materialism; Anti-pacifism; Authoritarianism; Chauvinism; Class collaboration
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
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 ...
Member of the World Union of National Socialists: British People's Party (1939) United Kingdom No No (1939) No independent British Union of Fascists: United Kingdom No No (1932) No Mosleyism fascism Gave rise to splinter groups: British Peoples Party and National Socialist League; banned 1940 Combat 18: United Kingdom No Yes (1991) Yes Neo-Nazism
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.
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.
The Fascists met little serious resistance from authorities and proceeded to take over several cities, including Bologna, Bolzano, Cremona, Ferrara, Fiume and Trent. [112] The Fascists attacked the headquarters of socialist and Catholic unions in Cremona and imposed forced Italianization upon the German-speaking population of Trent and Bolzano ...