Word: fascism
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Corriere della Sera, Milanese journal, has had a hard row to hoe since Fascism came into vogue. Although it has been moderate to the point of insipidity in its adverse criticism of Fascismo and "il duce " (Mussolini), that did not prevent three bombs being thrown into the newspaper's building in Milan. Signor Albertini, the editor, attributed the outburst to a violent article which recently appeared in Il Popolo d'ltalia, allegedly Signor Mussolini's newspaper...
...past week found Signer Benito Mussolini, patron saint of Fascism and Prime Minister of Italy, busy attending Fascista celebrations in Cremona, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Perugia, Rome...
...dictatorship has no doctrine, but when a dictatorship is a necessity we must accept it. Socialism works on the principle that all are equal, but Fascism knows we are far from equal. Take the great masses of human beings. They like rule...
...honor to Mussolini that surprised Queen Mary and annoyed the King of Italy. Mussolini's Minister of Finance referred to his appointment " by Mussolini," although it is the royal prerogative to appoint Ministers. The Minister of Education, Signor Gentile, announced that he had become converted from Liberalism to Fascism. Liberal leaders pointed out that Gentile had never been a member of their Party and could not speak for the Liberal Party...
Meanwhile other curious things had been occurring. Fascism was then a very small thing in Italy. Socialism was raising its voice with loud and often triumphant outcries. The socialist newspapers, noting the approaching opening of La Scala, were inspired with an idea. They printed large articles saying that in the past the boxes of the opera house had been occupied by the hated capitalists, but now a new state of things had arrived and no such anti-democratic thing would be tolerated. They demanded that the opera boxes be turned over to the proletariat. This agitation produced a result that...