ABSTRACT
Fascism Fascism was the authoritarian political movement that developed in Italy and other European coun tries following World War I. It was a reaction against political and social changes, in particular socialism and Communism, resulting from World War I. This original totalitarian movement was founded in Milan, Italy, on 23 March 1919, by Benito Mussolini (IIDuce, “The Leader”), a former socialist. Along with Nazism and Communism, Fascism became one of the three ideological scourges of the twentieth century.
