Republicans are FAHIST---Clinton
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Fascist is the word you were looking for. 
Has anyone noticed that the current 'thing' for Hollywood personalities is to call a press conference and sat how if GWB gets elected, we will lose all our rights and freedoms ?
These people think everyone has the 'right' to "free" gov't services, same-gender unions, partial birth abortion, yet would deny all of us our right to freedom of religious expression, politically-incorrect speech, personal protection, and keeping our hard-earned money. What are these people smoking ??
Has anyone noticed that the current 'thing' for Hollywood personalities is to call a press conference and sat how if GWB gets elected, we will lose all our rights and freedoms ?
These people think everyone has the 'right' to "free" gov't services, same-gender unions, partial birth abortion, yet would deny all of us our right to freedom of religious expression, politically-incorrect speech, personal protection, and keeping our hard-earned money. What are these people smoking ??
RH: " keeping our hard-earned money"
Does it drive anyone else crazy that the Dems (mostly) go around talking about tax cuts as "giving" and "spending" and "costs."
Since when was "not take" the same as "give"?
Every time a Dem complains to me about GWB "giving too much to the richest 1%," I retort that his tax cut will not *give* one red cent to them.
Does it drive anyone else crazy that the Dems (mostly) go around talking about tax cuts as "giving" and "spending" and "costs."
Since when was "not take" the same as "give"?
Every time a Dem complains to me about GWB "giving too much to the richest 1%," I retort that his tax cut will not *give* one red cent to them.
Fascism:
a philosophy or system of government that advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, together with
an ideology of belligerent nationalism
Mussolini & Italy
Form of Authority
Following World War I, violence erupted between the
Italian government and the trade unions. In 1922,
Benito Mussolini (a.k.a. "Il Duce"), leader of the Fascist
party, organized a March on Rome with 26.000
followers. This massive display of political support
convinced the King to grant him power as prime
minister.
Mussolini consolidated his authority by gaining the upper hand over both King
and Pope. Having grasped the importance of images, he staged a cult of
personality in which he presented himself as the epitome of virility. He
engaged in colonial wars, the Spanish civil war and, in 1937, formed an alliance
with the Axis powers: Hitler's Nazi regime and Hirohito's Imperial Japan. In
1940, he led Italy into World War II.
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/DOF/italy/italy.htm
a philosophy or system of government that advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, together with
an ideology of belligerent nationalism
Mussolini & Italy
Form of Authority
Following World War I, violence erupted between the
Italian government and the trade unions. In 1922,
Benito Mussolini (a.k.a. "Il Duce"), leader of the Fascist
party, organized a March on Rome with 26.000
followers. This massive display of political support
convinced the King to grant him power as prime
minister.
Mussolini consolidated his authority by gaining the upper hand over both King
and Pope. Having grasped the importance of images, he staged a cult of
personality in which he presented himself as the epitome of virility. He
engaged in colonial wars, the Spanish civil war and, in 1937, formed an alliance
with the Axis powers: Hitler's Nazi regime and Hirohito's Imperial Japan. In
1940, he led Italy into World War II.
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/DOF/italy/italy.htm
Italian Fascism
Stanley G. Payne
Fascism was unique among the radical forces produced by the early twentieth century, developing out of World War I without any
clear predecessor in the nineteenth century. It first emerged in Italy in 1919, catapulting its leader, Benito Mussolini, into the
premiership three years later and then to the creation of a new political dictatorship beginning in 1925. The term fascism, however,
would later be applied to an entire cluster or genus of new revolutionary nationalist movements in Europe between the world wars,
of which the most important was German National Socialism, or Nazism, for short, so that the Italian origins of the first fascism
would often be overlooked, attention focusing primarily on Germany. The initial, or "paradigmatic" fascism nonetheless had
specifically Italian roots and characteristics.
The term comes from the Italian fascio, derived from the ancient Latin fasces, which referred to the bundle of lictors, or
axe-headed rods, that symbolized the sovereignty and authority of the Roman Republic. From approximately the 1870s, the term
fascio was used in Italy in the names of radical new social and political organizations, normally of the left. Thus the revolutionary
nationalists who sought to create a new left nationalist league in 1919, in the aftermath of World War I, formed a Fascio di
Combattimento, transformed two years later into the new Fascist Party, and so a radical new "ism" was born.
Italian Fascism began on the left, seeking to combine strong nationalism with modern developmentalism and an aggressive
new style of activism that prized violence, idealism, and anti-materialism. While reenforcing Italian colonialism, Fascism originally
embraced national liberation and rejected extreme imperialism and racism. Mussolini did not create the movement but skillfully
guided himself to power as its Duce (Dux, or leader), at the same time moving the party to the right and engaging in practical
compromise with Italy's established institutions. Though Fascists invented the term "totalitarian" for their new system, Mussolini
was unable to complete a Fascist revolution and instead presided over a somewhat limited, semi-pluralist political dictatorship.
Though Fascists were at first wary of and even hostile to Hitlerism, the Nazi leader sought Mussolini as his chief ally. The
Duce allowed himself to be convinced by the end of 1937, introducing Nazi-style racist and anti-semitic legislation in Italy despite
the membership of many Jews in the Fascist Party. Participation in World War II as Germany's ally produced the downfall of
Mussolini in 1943, but in German-occupied northern Italy the Duce was installed as leader of a new puppet Fascist-based Italian
Social Republic, which waged a savage civil war against Italian anti-Fascists in 1944-1945. Though approximately thirteen
thousand Fascists were executed by partisans at the end of the war, the official purge of Fascists conducted by the new democratic
system in Italy was limited and half-hearted. Thus the great majority of Fascists survived, and for nearly forty years neo-Fascism
would be stronger in Italy than anywhere else in Europe.
Italian Fascism has been studied much less than German Nazism, but interest in the topic is increasing among American
scholars, and thus the Fry Collection is being made available at a very opportune moment. It contains a wide variety of both
primary and secondary materials dealing with many aspects of Fascism. These extensively document the character and range of
Fascist propaganda and the special cult of the Duce that it fostered. Other materials illustrate Fascist social and educational
policies, efforts to channel women's activities and foster family life, and Fascist direction of youth activities. Fascist racial policies
are represented, while many items deal with Italian colonialism, the rise and downfall of Fascism, and the anti-Fascist opposition.
The opening of this rich new collection will be welcomed by scholars throughout the country who are interested in the history
of Fascism and of contemporary Italian history more generally. One of the most extensive gatherings of materials of its kind in
North America, it adds appreciably to our knowledge of Fascism and greatly enhances the library's holdings in modern European
history.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/dpf/Fascism/Intro.html
Stanley G. Payne
Fascism was unique among the radical forces produced by the early twentieth century, developing out of World War I without any
clear predecessor in the nineteenth century. It first emerged in Italy in 1919, catapulting its leader, Benito Mussolini, into the
premiership three years later and then to the creation of a new political dictatorship beginning in 1925. The term fascism, however,
would later be applied to an entire cluster or genus of new revolutionary nationalist movements in Europe between the world wars,
of which the most important was German National Socialism, or Nazism, for short, so that the Italian origins of the first fascism
would often be overlooked, attention focusing primarily on Germany. The initial, or "paradigmatic" fascism nonetheless had
specifically Italian roots and characteristics.
The term comes from the Italian fascio, derived from the ancient Latin fasces, which referred to the bundle of lictors, or
axe-headed rods, that symbolized the sovereignty and authority of the Roman Republic. From approximately the 1870s, the term
fascio was used in Italy in the names of radical new social and political organizations, normally of the left. Thus the revolutionary
nationalists who sought to create a new left nationalist league in 1919, in the aftermath of World War I, formed a Fascio di
Combattimento, transformed two years later into the new Fascist Party, and so a radical new "ism" was born.
Italian Fascism began on the left, seeking to combine strong nationalism with modern developmentalism and an aggressive
new style of activism that prized violence, idealism, and anti-materialism. While reenforcing Italian colonialism, Fascism originally
embraced national liberation and rejected extreme imperialism and racism. Mussolini did not create the movement but skillfully
guided himself to power as its Duce (Dux, or leader), at the same time moving the party to the right and engaging in practical
compromise with Italy's established institutions. Though Fascists invented the term "totalitarian" for their new system, Mussolini
was unable to complete a Fascist revolution and instead presided over a somewhat limited, semi-pluralist political dictatorship.
Though Fascists were at first wary of and even hostile to Hitlerism, the Nazi leader sought Mussolini as his chief ally. The
Duce allowed himself to be convinced by the end of 1937, introducing Nazi-style racist and anti-semitic legislation in Italy despite
the membership of many Jews in the Fascist Party. Participation in World War II as Germany's ally produced the downfall of
Mussolini in 1943, but in German-occupied northern Italy the Duce was installed as leader of a new puppet Fascist-based Italian
Social Republic, which waged a savage civil war against Italian anti-Fascists in 1944-1945. Though approximately thirteen
thousand Fascists were executed by partisans at the end of the war, the official purge of Fascists conducted by the new democratic
system in Italy was limited and half-hearted. Thus the great majority of Fascists survived, and for nearly forty years neo-Fascism
would be stronger in Italy than anywhere else in Europe.
Italian Fascism has been studied much less than German Nazism, but interest in the topic is increasing among American
scholars, and thus the Fry Collection is being made available at a very opportune moment. It contains a wide variety of both
primary and secondary materials dealing with many aspects of Fascism. These extensively document the character and range of
Fascist propaganda and the special cult of the Duce that it fostered. Other materials illustrate Fascist social and educational
policies, efforts to channel women's activities and foster family life, and Fascist direction of youth activities. Fascist racial policies
are represented, while many items deal with Italian colonialism, the rise and downfall of Fascism, and the anti-Fascist opposition.
The opening of this rich new collection will be welcomed by scholars throughout the country who are interested in the history
of Fascism and of contemporary Italian history more generally. One of the most extensive gatherings of materials of its kind in
North America, it adds appreciably to our knowledge of Fascism and greatly enhances the library's holdings in modern European
history.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/dpf/Fascism/Intro.html