Word: fascistization
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Revolution. A revolution in Spain had been expected for months, yet when it came it had the appearance of rising like a wind in the night. Originating in Barcelona, under the leadership of the redoubtable General Primo Rivera, the revolution is an almost exact analogy to the Fascist revolution of last year in Italy, which started in Milan; both these places are chief industrial centers, where the doctrines of socialism and communism were most securely rooted. It appears that all good Spaniards went to bed one night only to awaken next morning to find that a revolution had taken place...
...week the following disputes took place on Italian soil and were settled according to the Mussolini method: At Molinella, near Bologna. Twenty-six people were wounded in a fight which took place between the Fascisti and the Communists. It was alleged that the Communists threw three bombs at the Fascist headquarters and at the home of a local Fascist leader. At Campoligure, near Genoa. Thirty persons were wounded in a fight between the Fascisti and opposing forces. The trouble arose because the anti-Fascisti objected to and interfered with the funeral of a local hero, Paolo Santamaria, whose body...
...Girondist Party is composed of Socialists and was founded by the Socialist Deputies Alessandri and Bianchi to cooperate with the Fascist Party. Thus has Mussolini triumphed over his late colleagues by causing a rift in their ranks...
During the Fascist repression, most of the carefully integrated labor movement in Italy, the Chambers of Labor, the Coöperatives, the Unions, were broken up. D'Annunzio's first stroke was to intercede with the Government for the striking Marine workers. His last move is the founding of a d'Annunzian Chamber of Work at Florence. The charter of the Chamber is based on his Constitution of the Quarnaro, adopted in his Fiume venture. This Constitution bases society on a system of guilds, both of workmen and employers, and is a self-conscious endeavor...
...confidence in the Government; the majority abstained from voting, but nine Populars voted in favor of the Government's program. The Executive Committee restored discipline only by the extreme measure of expelling the unruly members. The Parliamentary strength of the Party is reduced from 100 deputies before the Fascist revolution...