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Italian fascism

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Modern Fascism

Italian Fascism is often incorrectly thought of as the "original" Fascism, mostly due to propaganda, but partially due to it being the first connected to WWAC, and that Mussolini coined the term. This brand of fascismwas based on ancient Rome and developed by Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile, among others, and also based on the writings of Plato and George Sorel. It became the blueprint for all of modern fascism, includ8ng National Socialism.It was the ideology of several organizations and parties associated with Benito Mussolini, notably the National Fascist Party that governed Italy from 1922 - when he was granted the title of Prime Minister - following the March on Rome. It was also the ideology of the subsequent Italian Social Republic and the previous Fasci di Combattimento.

Claims regarding Italianfascismare controversial and vary widely and may be problematic for reasons such as Allied psychological warfare and the associations with National Socialist Germany. Moreover, its operations were subject to internal opposition, mainly from the Monarchy and the Bourgeoisie, leading to confusion regarding its true theoretical basis.

History

It was an early and influential part of the international fascism (anti-Marxism) movement, in Italy in particular having associations with Italian nationalism, nationalism, Ancient Rome, Futurism, nationalism in general, national syndicalism, and corporatism. Mussolini described fascism as being authoritarianism.

Hundreds of Roman salutes (saluti romani) on 7 January 2024 in Rome in front of the former MSI headquarters commemorating three young patriots of the Youth Front murdered there in January 1978[1] during the "Ambush in Acca Larenzia": Franco Bigonzetti, Francesco Ciavatta and Stefano Recchioni. Vincenzo Segneri was wounded, but survived.[2]

Even some politically correct sources state that

"It should be noted that there is widespread disagreement among commentators about whether Italian Fascism is properly classified as a totalitarian system. Hannah Arendt and George Kennan thought otherwise. Mussolini's regime, on such accounts, is best comprehended as an extreme form of dictatorship or, according to Juan Linz, a species of "authoritarianism." Though preeminent, it shared power with other collective actors such as the monarchy, the military, and the Catholic Church [...] Mussolini was domestically ousted in a way that indicates a far more precarious grip on power than either Hitler or Stalin evinced." and "Although the term itself was first applied by Mussolini to his fascist state, his rule of Italy—in retrospect, and in comparison with its National Socialist German and Communist Russian contemporaries—is not usually described as totalitarian. Nor does the term apply to other fascist or dictatorial regimes, such as those of Horthy in Hungary, Pilsudski in Poland, Franco in Spain, Salazar in Portugal, and Peron in Argentina."[3]

See also

External links

Arktos Journal

Codoh

The Occidental Observer

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References

  1. One of the weapons used in the 1978 ambush by communists, a Skorpion machine gun, was later found in a Red Brigades hideout on Via Dogali in Milan in 1988. Ballistic tests revealed that the same weapon was used in three other Red Brigades murders: that of economist Ezio Tarantelli in 1985, former mayor of Florence Lando Conti in 1986, and Christian Democrat senator Roberto Ruffilli in 1988.
  2. Acca Larentia, centinaia di saluti romani, la Repubblica
  3. Totalitarianism, encyclopedia.com