Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially after the October Revolution brought Lenin and Stalin to power in Russia in 1917. Intellectuals from many schools of thought became to oppose communism. The Fall of Communism lessened the threat of communism by the early 1990s.
Many historians view fascism as a reaction against to communist and socialist uprisings in Euro...
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Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially after the October Revolution brought Lenin and Stalin to power in Russia in 1917. Intellectuals from many schools of thought became to oppose communism. The Fall of Communism lessened the threat of communism by the early 1990s.
Many historians view fascism as a reaction against to communist and socialist uprisings in Europe. They consider fascism to be a movement that both tried to appeal to the working class and divert them from Marxism, and also appealed to capitalists as a bulwark against Bolshevism. Italian fascism, founded and led by Benito Mussolini took power with the blessing of Italy's king after years of leftist unrest led many conservatives to fear that a communist revolution was inevitable. Throughout Europe, numerous aristocrats and conservative intellectuals, as well as capitalists and industrialists, lent their support to fascist movements. In...
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