Fascists to form a government, to become the new Prime Minister and head of the fascists enthusiastically agreed and the Tens Of Thousands of his supporters who he had threatened would March On Rome to seize power in a coup. They didnt March On Rome to seize power. Instead, they marched on rome in a Victory Parade because just the threat of them had made it so that he was handed power bloodlessly. That is how the fascists took power in italy 100 years ago next month. They threatened to take power by force, didnt have to, because they intimidated everybody into giving them power ahead of their march be on rome. Thats the famous March On Rome, october 1922. The centennial of that event next month. What happened in 1922, things in italy changed pretty quickly. Within three years, by 1925, italy was a oneparty state. Within three years after that, by 1928, mussolini abolished elections all together. It was a full on fascist dictatorship. Not to spoil the plot or anything, but as you may kn
happening. that s a pretty big aha moment. then, why a far-right victory in italy is sending shockwaves throughout europe and beyond? and just when you thought cool treatment of asylum seekers could not backfire anymore it s not just an effectual that is hurting people in order to get attention. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. this week, the january 6th committee returns from a kind of a recess, with another public hearing that may be it s last. tens of millions of americans watched the first set of hearings in june, july. there s some evidence that put a good effect. a poll conducted in the days before the eight hearings show that 40% of republicans believe donald trump is at least partly to blame for the attack on the capitol, up from 33% before the hearings. and all along, the committee s goals for these public hearings have been pretty clear. most importantly, they want to err the most salient facts about just wh
fascists to form a government, to become the new prime minister and head of the fascists enthusiastically agreed and the tens of thousands of his supporters who he had threatened would march on rome to seize power in a coup. they didn t march on rome to seize power. instead, they marched on rome in a victory parade because just the threat of them had made it so that he was handed power bloodlessly. that is how the fascists took power in italy 100 years ago next month. they threatened to take power by force, didn t have to, because they intimidated everybody into giving them power ahead of their march be on rome. that s the famous march on rome, october 1922. the centennial of that event next month. what happened in 1922, things in italy changed pretty quickly. within three years, by 1925, italy was a one-party state. within three years after that, by 1928, mussolini abolished elections all together. it was a full on fascist dictatorship. not to spoil the plot or anything, but
night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, chris. good evening, chris and the party announced that they would march into the nation s capitol. they would march on. the prime minister at the time knew if they were going to have a march on rome, this meant they were going to take over. they were going to try to mount a physician, facist coup. he wanted to call it the military to defend rome, to stop the coup. the king at the time wouldn t agree to that. so the military wasn t called up to defend the capitol and instead what the king did is he caved to the fascists. he invited the leader of the