Post #2: The origins of fascism

Please work on the handout in the library (I have e-mailed it to Ms. Weedman for copying).
The web site is here.
Although I do not advocate the use of Wikipedia for scholarly research, it is suitable for background information as you read. I suggest you keep it open in a separate window if you would like to look up extra information as you read, or to help with your discussion.
If you do not finish the handout in class (you should) it is homework.
Please e-mail me at mhmshistory@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Post #1: Volcanic delay

Hello and welcome back from Spring Break!
I wish I could be at Merrol Hyde talking about Mussolini, but my wife and I are prevented from returning from Europe because of the Icelandic volcano!
There are worse circumstances, places, and times in history a person could be stuck in, such as:
- an Indian worker in the British East India Company
- a native Congolese during the rule of Leopold (coincidentally I will be flying home from Belgium)
- a member of the Romanov family during the Bolshevik Revolution
- a member of Rasputin's circle
- a soldier involved in trench warfare
- a conservative in 1920s America during the Jazz Age
(and now that the course review section of the introduction is over)...
- a person with beliefs in individual liberty during the time of Benito Mussolini in Italy in the 1920s (more on that in the next post).


The red arrow above shows where Heather and I are located. The small town of Sittard is in the Dutch province of Limburg, one mile from the German border and about 5 miles from Belgium (it is the narrowest part of the Netherlands).
We hope to be home soon!