what is facism?

Italy had been promised extra land by Britain and France during the war, but when the war ended it was not handed over. This made it look as if the Italian Government had been ignored.

the governments after the war were weak. they were coalitions (made up of more than one party) and were not able to take decisions.

there was rising unemployment and this led to unrest in many cities and many people began to support the Communists.

Mussolini set up the Fascist Party and posed as a strong man who could sort out Italy's problems. He promised to rebuild Italy and recreate the Roman Empire.

Mussolini organised armed gangs, called the Blackshirts, who dealt with troublemakers and criminals. they also broke up strikes. In some cities, Bologna for example, the Fascists were the police force.

Mussolini's newspaper, "Il Popolo d'Italia", spread his ideas. As unemployment grew and people became more desperate, they turned to Mussolini to solve Italy's problems.

In April 1924 the Fascists won 60% of the votes and gained 375 seats out of 535. When a leader of the Socialist party, Giacomo Matteotti, spoke out against the Fascists he was kidnapped and found murdered. Mussolini was not involved, but it was a warning for the future.

The National Front (NF) and National Democrats (ND)

· A hatred of socialists and liberals: socialists as opponents of national self-assertion (and as potential betrayers of the people to slavery under a foreign Russian elite); liberals as unwilling to take the steps necessary to fight socialists, as self-absorbed individualists who weakened the nation, and as parliamentarians who did not recognize that the nation, not the individual, held rights.

Fascism is a form of government headed, in most cases, by a dictator. Fascism includes extremes : patriotism, high-profile public work policies, and persecution of minorities. Personal liberty is severely limited under a fascist government. It relies heavily on propaganda, and it practises strict censorship to silence opposing views. A secret police force crushes any resistance.

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