Word: fascisti
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hyde Park occurred a clash between British Fascisti and Communists, involving some 2,000 persons, resulting in scores of more or less seriously damaged people and the wreckage of several private automobiles. The trouble started when the Fascisti, seeing a red flag, lost control of themselves and seized the insulting emblem, tearing it to pieces. They said they were pledged to tear down every red flag hoisted in London. The Evening News, antiCommunist, nevertheless scored the Fascisti, who are far from popular in London. Seeing a grave menace to the freedom of speech, the newspapers said...
...concluded his speech by asking his audience quietly to leave the hall in which they were. The audience did as requested, but as soon as Signor Orlando appeared outside, a mob of Fascisti rushed at him. Carabinieri immediately rushed to the old man's assistance and with some difficulty he was escorted safely into...
...accompanied by his secretary and two guardian Fascisti for safety, Deputy Giovanni Amendola left Montecatini for the nearby town of Pistoja amid a bombardment of sibilant Italian hisses. In the open country two automobiles barred the road. The Amendola car stopped, instantly the party was set upon by about 15 stalwart Fascisti and soundly clubbed. At Pistoja, a few minutes later, the Deputy was found to be suffering from shock, numerous contusions and some nasty cuts. Nothing dangerous developed and he was shipped back to his home in Rome...
...following, Deputy Roberto Farinacci, Secretary General of the Fascisti, told a cheering audience in Naples that he could not deplore the attack on Signor Amendola. "It is time," said he, "anti-Fascisti should know that this comedy cannot last longer." This "comedy" was attacking the Fascist Party...
...paper continued by asking that, if the Fascisti do not represent the bulk of Italians, and if they are hated by them as the Opposition claims, how it was that nobody lifted a finger to help Amendola ? "Must one believe," it went on, "that the Opposition is suffering from a bad case of collective cowardice...