Fascism
Grab every fascist or every isolated group of fascists by their collars, acquaint them with the pavement a few times, strip them of their fascist insignia and documents, and without carrying things any further, leave them with their fright and a few good black and blue marks.
- Leon Trotsky
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Italy in the 1920s: From factory occupations to fascism
In 1920s Italy, all of the objective conditions were ripe for socialist revolution. But instead, this period saw the triumph of Mussolini’s fascists. In this talk, Fred Weston discusses how this happened, and the lessons for today.
Review: ¡GarcÃa! – Is fascism defrosting?
Recent TV thriller series ¡GarcÃa!, available on HBO, explores Spain’s dark fascist past. But the show’s political message is confused from start to end. Only the revolutionary struggle of workers and youth can bury Francoism one and for all.
January 1933: How and why Hitler gained power
90 years ago, on 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, paving the way for the dictatorship of the Nazis. In this extract, Ted Grant analyses and explains the events that enabled the fascists to come to power.