25-30 years after world war ii--long after mussolini had been defeated--powerful elements of the elected Italian democratic government worked in secret to support neo-fascist efforts to manufacture civil war, in order to launch a fascist revivalist auto-coup
many people died in resulting terrorism
fascist power ebbs and flows, but it is the eternal threat to democracy, community, and prosperity. it never disappears. every election is an opportunity for fascists to be beaten back, or to gain more power.
