Opposition forces fragmented and refused a common front, easing fascism’s legal consolidation.

Evidence

In the summer of 1923, however, it split on the issue of policy towards the fascists, and in the elections of January 1924 it presented its own list of candidates. After the elections it refused to join a common front of opposition parties. On 3 January 1925, the fascist government suppressed freedom of the press. On 8 November 1926 the opposition parties were formally dissolved, and non-fascist deputies were declared to be stripped of their mandates Gramsci among them (he was arrested on the same day). — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2262

Categorization

• XREF: Fragmented, non-cooperating opposition is a recurring mechanism in later readings on nationalist consolidation and on how counter-publics fail to align. — connects to: Fascist consolidation proceeded from press suppression to dissolving opposition parties and unseating deputies.; Volunteer paramilitary squads against fascism emerged outside official left parties.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Fascist consolidation proceeded from press suppression to dissolving opposition parties and unseating deputies.; Volunteer paramilitary squads against fascism emerged outside official left parties.