HIST 2200Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Independent Social Democratic Party Of Germany, Lenin Boys, Hugo Haase
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Fascists is an italian word that means a bunch of things put together. People came together in malian and became a group of fascists. October 1922 the fascists came into power. Italian society was deeply divided of participation in wwi, rapid inflation that was not matched by increased salaries. War ended in 1919, there were no jobs for the people returning. Red years, 1919-20 wave of mass strikes and reforms of factories. Forced employers to give work to the unemployed. There was never a plan to have a revolution, it was local and spontaneous. Local groups of fascists confront the strikers, they were helped by the police and rich people, giving the weapons and money to help carry out ideas. Squadristi a squad of fascists, carried batons to act left wing people. Fascists were becoming more popular with the right wing.