ROME, Nov. 1, 1922 (UP)-Benito Mussolini, leader of the Fascistis, was only 25 when he became editor of Avanti, the official organ of the Italian Socialist Party. The war broke his belief in the ...

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History’s two most famous fascists were Nazi chief Adolf Hitler in Germany and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Known as Il Duce, or “the duke,” Mussolini headed the National Fascist Party ...

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Although this historical photograph and several others like it are authentic, Mussolini's participation in the harvest was staged for propaganda purposes. A viral photograph claims to show the ...

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and more," writes historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat in her simultaneously fascinating and disturbingly ominous book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Norton, 2021). "Anti-Fascists fled abroad or went ...

It is well documented that, in its administrative overhaul of Italy’s major news outlets, Benito Mussolini’s regime actively replaced editors that were overly critical of bankers, financiers, and ...

The Atlantic article, headlined, “Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini” was published Friday. “The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American ...