Fascism Cornell Notes  Q:What is the definition of fascism?  A: A political/economic movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism. – It is organized by a one-party dictatorship – Relies on intense nationalism, racism, militarism, and imperialism – Government controls many industries, supports business, anti- union

 Q: What is the goal of Fascism?  A: National unity, advance country’s power and prestige  Q: What ideas do fascists oppose?  A: democracy, Communism, liberalism,  Q: What ideas do fascists support?  A: Big business supported by government, racism, militarism, single party rule, it is all about control

 Q: What countries were fascist and when did they become fascist?  A: Italy under Mussolini 1922, Germany Hitler 1933, Japan 1930s, Spain Franco 1936, Argentina Peron1940s.  Q: Why did it begin in Europe?  A: Fascism relies on industrialized wealthy nations who may have had some democracy, but not a long tradition of it. – Workers (but not unions) are important as the basis for the nation, but ruled by dictatorship – Middle class support is vital

 Q: Why are fascist countries racist?  A: Extreme nationalism means excluding one group to make everyone else feel a sense of unity. Germany and Japan are examples of this. (Germany an EXTREME example!) Violence and terror used to increase the racism.  Q: Why industrialized countries?  A: Need industry to militarize and carry out imperialism  Q: Why militarism?:  A: Dictatorship rely on military- build up military= they support government

Political One-party dictatorship Some experience with democracy Imperialistic Media is tightly controlled by the government

Economic Government controls many industries, supports business, anti- union Resources of the society were directed toward the support of corporate profits in the name of national unity and economic development Industrialized

Social Intense nationalism Fascism tends to celebrate masculinity, youth, mystical unity, and the regenerative power of violence. It emphasizes a myth of national or racial rebirth after a period of decline or destruction Often, but not always, it promotes racial superiority doctrines, ethnic persecution, imperialist expansion, and genocide.

Fascism is a form of extreme right-wing ideology that celebrates the nation or the race as an organic community transcending all other loyalties. It emphasizes a myth of national or racial rebirth after a period of decline or destruction. To this end, fascism calls for a "spiritual revolution" against signs of moral decay such as individualism and materialism, and seeks to purge "alien" forces and groups that threaten the organic community. Fascism tends to celebrate masculinity, youth, mystical unity, and the regenerative power of violence. Often, but not always, it promotes racial superiority doctrines, ethnic persecution, imperialist expansion, and genocide. At the same time, fascists may embrace a form of internationalism based on either racial or ideological solidarity across national boundaries. Usually fascism espouses open male supremacy, though sometimes it may also promote female solidarity and new opportunities for women of the privileged nation or race

Fascism deceptively calls for the national unity of social classes, class-collaboration, but actually promotes the division of people by race, sex, culture, nation, or religion. Fascism was, under Mussolini and, later, Hitler, conceived as the "corporate state", that is, all the resources of the society were directed toward the support of corporate profits in the name of national unity and economic development. In order to motivate warriors and bolster profits, fascism conceals the real and insoluble tensions between those who own and those who work