Daily Quiz | On the rise of anti-fascism

1 / 6 | The _______ _____ ___ (1936-1939) anticipated many of the characteristics of World War II, including the cross-ideological opposition to fascism as a state ideology. In the former, however, the anti-fascist forces lost, paving the way for a controversial 36-year dictatorship. Fill in the blanks.

2 / 6 | What is the two-word label given to the ideology that draws from both Stalinism and fascism? The label, whose use is controversial, originated when social democrats, liberals, and other similar political groups used it to describe the regressive aspects of Stalinism.

3 / 6 | While the X movement shares its name with that of the organisation founded during the Weimar republic, it has different roots — including, from the late 1980s, the practice of squatting in West Germany. Name X.

4 / 6 | A particular miners’ strike in March 1921, in the Istrian peninsula is often regarded as the world’s first anti-fascist uprising. On March 7, workers in many mines in the area assumed control of their management and proclaimed the area to be a new republic. What was this republic called? It existed for one month.

5 / 6 | In 1945, four countries established a joint tribunal that conducted the event known popularly as the _________ ______. It lasted from November 1945 to October 1946, and among other things helped delegitimise fascism as a “criminal ideology”. Fill in the blanks.

6 / 6 | The symbol at the bottom of the seal of the U.S. Senate depicts a pair of bound bundles of wood with an axe passing through and emerging from the top. The word ‘fascism’ came from this symbol’s name because of its frequent use by Mussolini. Name the symbol.