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
he invited the leader of the 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 sp
that the fascists were gonna try to take over. there are gonna try to mount a physical fascist coup. to defend against that, you wanted to call it the military to defend rome. to stop the coup. but the king at the time wouldn t agree to that. so the military wasn t called to defend the capital. and instead, what the king did is he caved to the fascists. he invited the leader of the fascists to form a government. to become the new prime minister. and the head of the fascists, enthusiastically, he agreed. 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 have made it so that he was handed power blood blissfully. 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 far ahead
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
possibly still to come. we are actually helping the american people instead of just playing political games. and the political payoff for doing the right thing. i ve been very clear, i think he s guilty of the most serious dereliction of duty of any president in our nation s history. reports of a quiet republican effort to try to save this chinese seat, will it work? plus, the julia podcaster from texas and his performative outrage. and a 50 million dollar judgment against alex jones for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c., i am mehdi hassan in for chris hayes. so, it is friday morning, the first friday of the month of august, and you are producer of fox the country is awaiting the july jobs report. and even the white house has admitted that the numbers are going to be bad. of course, this is the store you go big. on the jobs report is going to be lousy. joe biden s economy is in the gutter. the white house is al