HIS242H1 Lecture 8: 8. Fascist Italy
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Born in 1883 in norther italy: mother: poor catholic teacher and sole wager, father: revolutionary - allowed mussolini to rise up and get socialist ideology named his son after benito juarez (mexican revolutionary) Joined italian army, got injured (in 1917) and was discharged: military participation built his credit. Liberals, socialists and catholic popular party struggled to nd consensus: socialists were also divided: Tuesday, january 31, 2017: radicals: used lenin"s formula - grab power by force and create a socialist state, moderate: wanted to make italy in a socialist state, but wanted to do it in the scope of law. Lead to break of party - radicals separate and form communist party. 1920: 600,000 factory workers occupy their workplace (aug-sept. 1920: economic: severe economic dif culties - italy was poor and backwards, agricultural depression - high unemployment, hundreds of thousands of demobilized troops were unemployed, social: increase opposition against parliamentary rule.
