GIACOMO MATTEOTTI
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Matteotti gave a two hour speech in the Italian Parliament denouncing the Fascists and their strong-arm tactics, political assassinations, and election rigging. Eleven days later he was assassinated.
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Giacomo Matteotti was an Italian socialist politician. On 30 May 1924, he openly spoke in the Italian Parliament alleging the Fascists committed fraud in the recently held elections, and denounced the violence they used to gain votes. Eleven days later he was kidnapped and killed by Fascists.
