Blackshirt
Italian fascist paramilitary
A Blackshirt was a member of the Italian Fascist Party under Mussolini, named for the black shirts worn as uniforms.
The term extended to similar fascist movements elsewhere, particularly Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.
Blackshirt now serves as a general term for fascist paramilitary forces: The blackshirts broke up union meetings with clubs and castor oil.
Italian fascist premier
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- March on RomeFascist coup in Italy
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
totalitarian · fascist party · castor oil · bludgeon · rally · salute · nationalist · corporatism
- OswaldMale name, Germanic origin
- fascistAuthoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
- rallyGathering for a cause
- antisemitismBigotry toward Jewish people
1930s · East End · marches · uniform · salute · propaganda · interwar · banned
Team sport with scrums
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- jerseyKnitted pullover garment
- silver fernWhite-underleafed tree frond
- scrumContested pack restart
try · test match · tackle · forward · fullback · winger · Maori · pride
Mussolini
Italian fascist premier
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- March on RomeFascist coup in Italy
- militiaNon-professional armed force
paramilitary · totalitarian · fascist party · castor oil · bludgeon · rally · salute · nationalist · corporatism · dictatorship
Mosley
- OswaldMale name, Germanic origin
- fascistAuthoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
- rallyGathering for a cause
antisemitism · 1930s · East End · marches · uniform · salute · propaganda · interwar · banned · extremism
rugby
Team sport with scrums
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- jerseyKnitted pullover garment
- silver fernWhite-underleafed tree frond
scrum · try · test match · tackle · forward · fullback · winger · Maori · pride · dominant
Blackshirtresistance fighter
Armed opponent of occupation
partisan · maquis · freedom fighter · underground resistance · dissident