

The New F Word - Season 1 Episode 2 The First Fascism: Mussolini's Italy
Season - Episode
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1 - 1Who Are You Calling a Fascist? Nov 04, 2021
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1 - 2The First Fascism: Mussolini's Italy Dec 02, 2022
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1 - 3The Globalization of Fascism Nov 04, 2022
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1 - 4Nazism: The Most Lethal Fascism Dec 02, 2022
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1 - 5How Fascism Survived the Post-War Era Jan 06, 2023
Overview
Take a trip with us back to where it all began, and see how Fascism emerged in interwar Italy. In this second episode of The New F-Word, we'll investigate the origin and characteristics of the original Fascism, the ideology espoused by Mussolini and his paramilitary gangs that came to conquer the country. While fascism spread far and wide in varying forms during the interwar and post-WWII period, there is much to learn from this first appearance of the world's most hated, and arguably most poorly understood political program. What is it that made the first Fascism appealing to the Italian people, and what conditions led to its modification and adoption around the world?