Editing Fascism

'''Fascism''' is a [[reactionary]] movement that rises in the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] stage of capitalism, based on policies that favors the ever-growing concentration of capital.<ref>''“No, fascism is not a power standing above class, nor government of the petty bourgeoisie or the lumpen-proletariat over finance capital. '''Fascism is the power of finance capital itself.''' It is the organization of terrorist vengeance against the working class and the revolutionary section of the peasantry and intelligentsia.”''

{{Citation|author=Georgi Dimitrov|year=1935|title=The fascist offensive and the tasks of the Communist International in the struggle of the working class against fascism|chapter=The class character of fascism|page=|pdf=|city=|publisher=Main Report delivered at the 7th World Congress of the Communist International|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/works/1935/08_02.htm|title-url=|chapter-url=}}</ref> As a political movement, it is marked by pervasive [[anti-communism]], a profound aversion towards [[democracy]], and [[Chauvinism|chauvinistic]] tendencies, namely ultra-nationalism, [[racism]] and [[sexism]]. Fascist ideologues usually promote [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], irrationalist myths and manipulative distortions of truth to gather support of their popular base.

Throughout history, the fascists promoted policies that caused even more [[exploitation]] of the [[Proletariat|working class]], allowing the ''“[[free market]]”'' to take over every aspect of society. So much so that ''The Economist'' magazine introduced the term ''privatization'', unseen in political discourse at the time, to describe [[Nazi Germany]]'s economic policies.<ref>{{Citation|author=Germà Bel|year=2006|title=Retrospectives: the coining of “privatization” and Germany's National Socialist Party|chapter=|page=|pdf=|city=|publisher=Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(3), 187–194|isbn=|doi=10.1257/jep.20.3.187|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=}}</ref> The most well-known historical examples of fascism are [[Nazi Germany]] and [[Fascist Italy]].

== History ==

=== Origins ===

=== Fascist Italy ===
=== Nazi Germany ===
[[Nazi Germany]], officially the Third Reich (Third Empire), was beaten into dissolution by the [[Soviet Union]] after the Battle of Berlin in May 1945.
=== Modern fascist movements ===

==== Bolsonarism in Brazil ====

==== Trumpism in USA ====

==== 2019 coup in Bolivia ====
President [[Evo Morales]] of Bolivia was reelected to this office in October 2019 with 47,08% of total votes. Soon after, opposing fascists called the results into question, helped by fraudulent reports from the [[Organisation of American States]] (OAS), which led to their paramilitary wing causing violence in the streets. After three weeks, Morales agreed to step down and left the country.

Later, accusations of electoral fraud were completely debunked by the same journals that initially reported on them, trusting the OAS.

The new government, led by Jeanine Añez, established a military junta in the country so as to dismantle popular support for MAS (Morales' party). They pushed elections back three times, eventually having them take place in November 2020, a full year after the coup. Their efforts failed, as MAS won the presidential election in 2020 with 55% of all votes (under candidate Luis Arce).

Since his election, Arce's government has announced that they would effectively purge the military's leadership, as their treason was pivotal in letting the coup succeed.
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