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“Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present”
A book review of Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Norton, 2020) In late November of this year, the Stockholm-based
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These 5 dictators had the worst ends to their reigns of terror
Dictatorships usually end one of two ways: a child takes the place of the elder dictator, or the people rise up and depose their tyrant after years
FTR#1200 The Narco-Fascism of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang, Part 7
Continuing our series on the regime of Chiang Kai-shek--all but beatified during the Cold War--we draw still more on a magnificent book--The Soong
FTR#1199 The Narco-Fascism of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang, Part 6
In this program we continue our analysis and historical discussion of Chiang Kai-shek's narco-fascist government. Encapsulating the nature of Chiang
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The Italian arms importation scheme, 1920-1921
Sean T O’Kelly, his wife Mary and Harry Boland head to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 on behalf of the Irish Republic. (Courtesy RTE) How the
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Greenberg on independence
The epitome of classical Washington (Accounting Today) In the temporal orbit of Independence Day, we have seen the passing of classicist Thomas
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A James Ellroy Playlist: The Wheels of History
James Ellroy’s novel This Storm begins with the epigraph ‘Blood alone moves the wheels of history’. They are the words of Benito Mussolini,
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The Allure of Populism—and the Confusion with Fascism
Populist: 1) A member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people. 2) A person who supports or seeks to
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This Irish woman shot and almost killed Mussolini in 1926
Benito Mussolini was a bad person. I don’t think there’s any argument against that. The Italian dictator is one of the biggest mass murderer in
An Italian-Jewish US lawmaker said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene could 'get lost' after she referred to him as 'Rep. Mussolini'
US Rep. David Cicilline, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, speaks during the big
An Italian-Jewish US lawmaker said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene could 'get lost' after she referred to him as 'Rep. Mussolini'
US Rep. David Cicilline, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, speaks during the big
An Italian-Jewish US lawmaker said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene could 'get lost' after she referred to him as 'Rep. Mussolini' [Silicon Alley Insider]
US Rep. David Cicilline, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, speaks during the big
An Italian-Jewish US lawmaker said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene could 'get lost' after she referred to him as 'Rep. Mussolini'
US Rep. David Cicilline, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, speaks during the big
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☠️⚰️21ST CENTURY NAZISM: OF COURSE “IT COULD HAPPEN HERE” — Trump Proved That America Has the Key Ingredient Of The Nazi State: Indifference To Human Suffering On A Massive Scale ? — “The Trump administration, in this light, was proposing what one answer
Supremes Sign Death Warrants For Vulnerable Refugees, Trash Refugee Act of 1980 Dumping Asylum Seekers in HondurasArtist: Monte
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?☠️☠️?GOP TREASON! — AS TRAITORS TRUMP??♂️, REP. SCOTT PERRY (R-PA)??♂️, & DOJ POLITICAL HACK JEFFREY CLARK ??♂️ PLOTTED TO OVERTHROW ELECTION RESULTS & FILE FRIVOLOUS LITIGATION AT SUPREMES, DESPERATE OFFICIALS THWARTED PLOT FOR DOJ TAKEOVER, BUT THE
Trump Regime https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/politics/scott-perry-trump-justice-department-election.html From The NY Times: Pennsylvania