What to Know About the Origins of Fascism’s Brutal Ideology

When Benito Mussolini debuted the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, the precursor to his fascist party, on Mar. 23, 1919, in Milan, he wasn't inventing the idea of violent authoritarianism. But he put a name on a new and terrible breed of it.

When Benito Mussolini debuted the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, the precursor to his fascist party, on Mar. 23, 1919, in Milan, he wasn't inventing the idea of violent authoritarianism. But he put a name on a new and terrible breed of it.