Camicie Nere

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Camicie Nere were the paramilitary Blackshirt squads that served as the violent enforcement arm of the Italian Fascist movement under Benito Mussolini.

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Camicie Nere canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fascist militia
paramilitary organization
activity intimidation of political opponents
participation in political assassinations
street violence
strikebreaking
suppression of socialist and communist organizations
allegiance National Fascist Party
alsoKnownAs Blackshirts
Squadristi
surface form: Squadre d’Azione

Squadristi
associatedWithRegime Fascist Italy
country Kingdom of Italy
countryServed Kingdom of Italy
dateIncorporatedIntoMVSN 1923
dissolutionContext collapse of Fascist regime in Italy
foundedBy Benito Mussolini
helpedBringToPower Benito Mussolini
historicalReputation notorious for political violence
ideology Fascism
surface form: Italian Fascism

totalitarianism
ultranationalism
incorporatedInto Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale
inspired other fascist blackshirt movements
leader Benito Mussolini
legalStatus party militia before 1923
state militia after incorporation into MVSN
nativeLabel Camicie Nere self-link
notableEvent March on Rome
origin local fascist action squads
politicalAlignment far-right
primaryOpponents Catholic Popular Party activists
Italian communists
Italian socialists
trade unionists
role enforcement arm of Italian Fascism
instrument of political violence
party militia
supportedLeader Benito Mussolini
symbolOf National Fascist Party
surface form: Italian Fascist movement
tactics arson
beatings
castor oil torture
kidnapping
murder
timePeriod interwar period
uniformColor black
usedFor consolidation of fascist one-party rule

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Squadristi alsoKnownAs Camicie Nere
Camicie Nere nativeLabel Camicie Nere self-link