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[[File:An Italian partisan in Florence, 14 August 1944. TR2282.jpg|thumb|332x332px|An [[Italian partisan]] in [[Florence]], 14 August 1944, during the [[Italian Civil War]]]]

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Fascism, a [[far-right]] [[ultra-nationalistic]] ideology best known for its use by the [[Italian Fascists]] and the [[Nazism|Nazis]], became prominent beginning in the 1910s. Organization against fascism began around 1920. Fascism became the state ideology of Italy in 1922 and of Germany in 1933, spurring a large increase in anti-fascist action, including [[German resistance to Nazism]] and the [[Italian resistance movement]]. Anti-fascism was a major aspect of the [[Spanish Civil War]], which foreshadowed World War II.

 

 

After World War II, the anti-fascist movement continued to be active in places where organized fascism continued or re-emerged. There was a resurgence of [[antifa in Germany]] in the 1980s, as a response to the invasion of the [[punk scene]] by [[neo-Nazis]]. This influenced the [[antifa movement in the United States]] in the late 1980s and 1990s, which was similarly carried by punks. In the 21st century, this greatly increased in prominence as a response to the resurgence of the [[Radical right (United States)|radical right]], especially after the [[election of Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Beinart|first=Peter|date=2017-08-06|title=The Rise of the Violent Left|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/the-rise-of-the-violent-left/534192/|access-date=2020-10-21|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=2020-06-08|title=Antifa, explained|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/8/21277320/antifa-anti-fascist-explained|access-date=2020-10-21|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref>