Blackshirts
Mussolini's violent enforcers
Blackshirts were members of fascist paramilitary organizations in the early-to-mid twentieth century, named for their uniform.
The term refers primarily to Mussolini's Italian Fascist squads of the 1920s, though it extended to similar groups elsewhere, including Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.
The word now evokes fascist thuggery generally.
Italian fascist premier
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
- castor oilPressed bean purgative
violence · intimidation · squadrismo · bludgeon · blackjack · Italy · nationalist · anti-communist
Nazi paramilitary organization
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- GermanyCentral European nation
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
Gestapo · death squads · uniform · skull · insignia · Heinrich · totalitarian · persecution
- OswaldMale name, Germanic origin
- fascistAuthoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
- rallyGathering for a cause
- antisemitismBigotry toward Jewish people
East End · uniform · march · interwar · extremism · propaganda · thuggery · membership
Central plains state
- CornhuskersNebraska residents or teams
- footballField sport with goals
- defenseProtection against harm
- collegeHigher education institution
Lincoln · Big Ten · tradition · nickname · jersey · team · gridiron · stadium
Team sport with scrums
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- unionJoining into one
- footballField sport with goals
- jerseyKnitted pullover garment
Maori · silver fern · scrum · try · test match · Auckland · Wellington · tradition
Mussolini
Italian fascist premier
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
castor oil · violence · intimidation · squadrismo · bludgeon · blackjack · Italy · nationalist · anti-communist · 1920s
Schutzstaffel
Nazi paramilitary organization
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- GermanyCentral European nation
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
concentration camps · Gestapo · death squads · uniform · skull · insignia · Heinrich · totalitarian · persecution · Holocaust
Mosley
- OswaldMale name, Germanic origin
- fascistAuthoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
- rallyGathering for a cause
antisemitism · East End · uniform · march · interwar · extremism · propaganda · thuggery · membership · banned
Nebraska
Central plains state
- CornhuskersNebraska residents or teams
- footballField sport with goals
- defenseProtection against harm
college · Lincoln · Big Ten · tradition · nickname · jersey · team · gridiron · stadium · fans
rugby
Team sport with scrums
- New ZealandPacific island nation
- unionJoining into one
- footballField sport with goals
jersey · Maori · silver fern · scrum · try · test match · Auckland · Wellington · tradition · national team
- Italian HistoryRome, Venice, Florence, Naples, Sicily
- Fascist ItalyMussolini, fascism, March on Rome, fascist regime, Fascist Italy
- Nebraska CornhuskersCornhuskers, Big Red, Memorial Stadium, Big Ten
- factionsfactions, faction, splinter groups, splinter party, blocs
- Italian militarySan Marco, GIS, Julia, Air Force, mountain troops
- tyrantsHitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin
Blackshirtscommunists
Collective ownership advocates
socialists · democrats · anarchists · liberals · Maquis
shirt, blacken, blacklist, blackness, blacks, blackish, blackly, blacking, blacklisted