Squadristi
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The Squadristi were Italian Fascist paramilitary squads, known for their black-shirt uniforms and violent suppression of political opponents during the rise of Benito Mussolini.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian Fascist paramilitary organization
ⓘ
paramilitary group ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 1920s
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Italian Fasces of Combat
ⓘ
surface form:
Blackshirts
Camicie Nere ⓘ |
| associatedWith | political terror in Italy ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| dateOfIntegration | 1923 ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Italian word for squads ⓘ |
| helpedBringToPower | Benito Mussolini ⓘ |
| historicalContext | rise of Italian Fascism after World War I ⓘ |
| ideology | Fascism ⓘ |
| inspired | other fascist paramilitary groups in Europe ⓘ |
| integratedInto |
Italian Fasces of Combat
ⓘ
surface form:
Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale
|
| languageOfName | Italian ⓘ |
| leader | Benito Mussolini ⓘ |
| legalStatus | initially semi-legal and extra-legal ⓘ |
| location | Italy ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | organized in small mobile squads ⓘ |
| notableFor |
use of political violence and intimidation
ⓘ
violent suppression of political opponents ⓘ |
| opposedGroup |
Catholic popular movement activists
ⓘ
communists ⓘ socialists ⓘ trade unionists ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Northern Italy ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Fascist Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Fascist movement
National Fascist Party ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | far-right ⓘ |
| primaryTargets |
labor unions
ⓘ
left-wing newspapers ⓘ socialist organizations ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | March on Rome ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | local Fascist leaders ⓘ |
| statusAfterWWII | disbanded and outlawed ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
industrialists
ⓘ
landowners ⓘ |
| supportedLeader | Benito Mussolini ⓘ |
| symbol | Fascist black shirt ⓘ |
| tactics |
arson
ⓘ
beatings ⓘ forced castor oil consumption ⓘ intimidation ⓘ squad-based street violence ⓘ |
| typeOfViolence | political violence ⓘ |
| uniformColor | black ⓘ |
| usedFor |
breaking strikes
ⓘ
disrupting opposition meetings ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.