History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Jack King and the Fifth Column
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The History of the British Fashisti Party
In Britain, communism's promise of equality and justice appealed to some young people who were disillusioned with their own political system. Many in the British establishment saw communism as a deadly threat. The British Fashisti Party was founded by a wealthy, radical, anti-communist and alcoholic called Rother-Linton-Aorman. As her party's Italian age name suggests, she was inspired by Benito Mussolini.
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