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Fascism was defined by [[Georgi Dimitrov]] at the 7th World Congress of the Communist International: "''the open terrorist dictatorship of the most [[reactionary]], most [[chauvinistic]] and most [[imperialist]] elements of [[finance capital]]."'' <ref>Dimitrov, Georgi. “The Fascist Offensive and the Tasks of the Communist International in the Struggle of the Working Class against Fascism.” Marxists Internet Archive, 2 August 1935, <nowiki>https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/works/1935/08_02.htm#s2</nowiki>.</ref> | Fascism was defined by [[Georgi Dimitrov]] at the 7th World Congress of the Communist International: "''the open terrorist dictatorship of the most [[reactionary]], most [[chauvinistic]] and most [[imperialist]] elements of [[finance capital]]."'' <ref>Dimitrov, Georgi. “The Fascist Offensive and the Tasks of the Communist International in the Struggle of the Working Class against Fascism.” Marxists Internet Archive, 2 August 1935, <nowiki>https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/dimitrov/works/1935/08_02.htm#s2</nowiki>.</ref> | ||
Today, the [[left]] resembles fascism due to its liquidationist tendencies in favor of [[Western imperialism]]. It also contains the [[institutionalization]] and | Today, the [[left]] resembles fascism due to its liquidationist tendencies in favor of [[Western imperialism]]. It also contains the [[institutionalization]] and professional, middling character as fascism held historically. The former General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Italy]] gave a clear warning against these narrow ideological characterizations of the [[liberal]] definition of fascism:<blockquote>''"I warn you against the tendency to regard fascist ideology as something that is solidly formed, complete, homogenous. Nothing more closely resembles a chameleon than fascist ideology. Don't look at fascist ideology without considering the objectives which fascism proposes to reach at a given moment with a given ideology."'' <ref name=":0" /></blockquote> | ||
== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||