The dominance of the Nazi Party as the single mass party ruling Germany occurred gradually but certainly. ... From this point, the ascension of the Nazi party as the only party ruling in Germany got easier as Hitler banned the Social Democratic Party of Germany in June 1933, before banning completely all the other political parties other than Nazis in July 14 1933. ... And as every totalitarian state, this single mass Party was directed by an official ideology: Nazism. ... In addition to that, a big censorship was enforced, banning any article going against the Nazi Party. ... To spread even m...

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The question is though, how have the Front and its founding leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, been able to penetrate into the mainstream politics of modern day democratic France? ... However, Le Pen was careful to distance himself traditional right-wing parties, and was also careful to steer the FN away from claims that they were a fascist party. As Alistair Cole explains: "From its inception the FN leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, strove to demarcate the Front from earlier, especially violent manifestations of the extreme-right tradition."1 Indeed Cole refers to the ...

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At the beginning the Nazis tried to overthrow the German democratic Weimar Republic by force in November 1923. ... In prison Hitler swore to himself to play by democratic rules and get elected... " Instead of working to achieve power by an armed coup we shall have to hold our message & enter the Reichstag by democratic means. ... The Nazi Party gained power for many reasons. ... Thus hatred of the Treaty of Versailles resulted in hatred of the first German democratic Weimar Republic, which signed the treaty. ...

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Yet, while the allies shared ideals, they were defectively democratic as well. ... Still, despite all the democratic differences, there were still numerous differences between the allied coalition and the Axis. One difference was the remobilization of the French and British people to war by using democratic ideals to rally support for the war. ... Also, democratic leaders with democratic ideals ruled Britain, France, and the USA while Germany and Italy were led by military dictatorships that placed the constitutional leaders in the sidelines. ... At whatever time the Germans had a victory it ...

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Bernays equated what propaganda is to a democratic society to what force is to a dictatorship. ... Architectural power was utilized as a form of propaganda by which "charismatic leadership, circumventing intermediary social and political institutions like parliaments, parties, and interest groups, gains direct hold upon the masses". ... The reclamation of the Pontine marshes was imperative to the fascist party in Italy because one of the central symbols of the regime was to convert wild nature into productive nature. ... Garraty begins by distinguishing the Nazi destruction of democ...

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Political parties would not be needed, regulated government would not exist, and historical/political occurrences such as the creation and destruction of the Berlin Wall or the Holocaust could not have taken place. ... Democratic Socialism encompasses humanist ideals with the ultimate goal of affording each individual the opportunity and means for their personal development and individual satisfaction. ... One of Germany's leading theorist of the Social-Democratic Party, Rose Luxemburg, argued that the latter must not direct its daily activity toward the conquest of political power, but t...

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Neither party preached revolution, yet both urged wide-ranging social and economic reforms. ... ") In 1919, Mussolini drafted the original platform of the Fascist party. ... He then moved to close down parliamentary government and other parties entirely. ... He made the Fascist party an integral part of the Italian constitution. Mussolini assumed the dual position of prime minister and party leader (duce), and he used the party's militia to eliminate his enemies by intimidation and violence. ...

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Especially the Liberal party of the time who were the most consistant critics of the policy. ... Alan Sharp had referred to the League of Nations as a compromise agreement, which pleased none of the parties involved. ... She was also forced to accept guilt for starting the war and had to agree to accept a democratic constitution. ...

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