Word: mussolinis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eyes of the Western world, Vladimir Zhirinovsky is a loudmouth megalomaniac somewhere between Benito Mussolini and Archie Bunker. Rising from the murk of obscurity in post-Cold War Soviet politics, Zhirinovsky pulled himself out of the depths with threaRTLÄo restore Russia's imperial borders, retake Alaska, partition Poland and even employ large fans to blow radioactive waste across Russia and into the Baltic states. Such threats had become trademark Zhirinovsky moves, ignored by many. But since last December when Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party captured 25% of the vote in the party preference poll, Russian liberals...
More importantly, Zhirinovsky really has not posed a threat to the same degree as Hitler or Mussolini, or Stalin for that matter. Zhirinovsky likes to complain and publicly denounce democratic reforms and institution, but he offers the people no viable alternative solutions, merely an attitude of "I'll deal with it later." He enjoys the bawdy, aggressive style of politics, but he hasn't been able to firmly establish his odious cult of personality...
...city of Vicenza shouting racist slogans and waving banners with swastika-like emblems. Mainstream political leaders expressed outrage, but not Teodoro Buontempo, 48, a self-proclaimed fascist elected to Parliament in March on the ticket of the National Alliance, the successor to the party founded by followers of Benito Mussolini. In an interview with the Turin daily La Stampa, Buontempo said, "I would send them into the midst of society" to proclaim their values. And they have. Speaking on the Italian television network RAI-1, Maurizio Boccacci, leader of the Vicenza marchers, said, "We follow a policy that we hope...
...example of Italy is the one that troubles Europeans most. In the midst of a soul-destroying political crisis, Italian voters reached not just to the right but to the spiritual descendants of Mussolini to rescue their nation. These new politicians reject any direct fascist connection. Today's National Alliance says it is not interested in the authoritarian leadership and bombastic nationalism of the old Fascists but in tougher jail sentences, job creation and limits on immigration...
...most polished of the new breed is Gianfranco Fini, 42, who deftly transformed the once frankly neofascist Italian Social Movement, founded in 1946, and unabashed guardian of Mussolini's legacy into the right-wing National Alliance. The party, which won 13.5% of the vote in parliamentary elections in March, shares power in the right-of-center coalition government of millionaire-businessman Silvio Berlusconi. A politician of intentionally moderate language, Fini has labored to rid his party of its World War II ties -- but not always with success. Last April La Stampa roused a furor when it quoted him as calling...