Giacomo Matteotti was an Italian socialist and anti-fascist politician who served as the opposition leader and as secretary of the Unitary Socialist Party from 1922 to 1924. Born in the province of Ro
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Matteotti with fellow supporters during the 1920s
Enrico Gonzales, Filippo Turati, and Claudio Treves, all of which joined Matteotti's party, the PSU, in 1922
General elections were held in Italy on 6 April 1924 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies. They were held two years after the March on Rome, in which Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Par
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…PCI) into the 1970s; other PCI members rejected the criticism and celebrated Matteotti for his socialist anti-fascism. Matteotti led the PSU into the 1924 Italian general election and was re-elected a third time. On 30 May 1924, Matteotti openly spoke in the Italian Parliament, alleging the National Fascist Party (PNF) and its…
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Benito Mussolini and the fascist Blackshirts during the March on Rome in October 1922