Travel back to the very birth of fascism in this episode about the March on Rome. You'll learn how the first trailblazing fascist dictator took power and destroyed a democracy.

FOOTNOTES:

1. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2018/02/01/benito-mussolini-the-fascist-march-on-rome/
2. https://www.wnyc.org/story/cautionary-lessons-mussolinis-march-rome/
3. https://www.wkms.org/post/history-democracy-mussolinis-rise-power-italy#stream/0
4. https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=jvbl
5. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/j-clark-three-way-fight
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=BrjNJoMD9bQC&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=the+arditi+del+popolo%27s+action+has+to+be+defensive.+but+defense+means+above+all+to+prevent&source=bl&ots=NHbNEGFHWd&sig=ACfU3U1kdM8t-IV8pIREqrxIrH-V_FERXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimk6m8ypruAhUcFjQIHeZnAMoQ6AEwAHoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=the%20arditi%20del%20popolo's%20action%20has%20to%20be%20defensive.%20but%20defense%20means%20above%20all%20to%20prevent&f=false
7. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FWSK9PQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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