Govt & opposition
Stalin Castro Mussolini
Gen Sec of Party Controls
Triumvirate (Castro i/
Party and govt after Lenins Acerbo Law
c)
death
Elimination of rivals in
Old parties abolished ‘24, death of Matteoti
power struggle
Lenin´s secret police
continued: TU’s directly controlled ’25 opposition closed
OGPU=NKVD=KGB
Strict control within 5 Yr
Plans, kulaks,
CDR´s local govt under Fascists
collectivisation, MTS
dependency, Gulags
Purges: Great purge, post
WW2 purge, Doctors
Revolutionary courts ’26 rule by decree
Purge Cult of personality to
increase dominance
Castro takes over Pres & ’28 Fascist Grand Council
PM roles to choose head of state
Matos jailed
Foreign opp:
US/nationalisation/Bay of
Pigs
Press
Stalin Castro Mussolini
Lenin´s press control Press controlled by CP T
papers controlled/Corriera
continued. Unions
Limited (or none) contact
Cult of individual careful press image
with US
local authorities could
suppress press
Educational & Youth
Stalin Castro Mussolini
, Education strictly controlled Free ed for all Ballila
Education for the needs of
the state: science,
More higher ed school books changed
engineering, intellectuals
controlled: Lysenko
Youth education
Social realism in Art.
programmes
Women
Stalin Castro Mussolini
Women encouraged to work Equality programme battle of births
Family discipline
Back to work/creches/ fines on batchelors
encouraged
shopping bag prizes for large families
Legal equality/Family code
Single parent support
Legal System
Stalin Castro Mussolini
Legal system controlled
through appointment of
judges. Castro appoints judges
Show trials
Church
Stalin Castro Mussolini
Lenin´s anti church policy Church schools
’29 Lateran Treaty
continued nationalised
Economy
Stalin Castro Mussolini
Self sufficiency for security Aims: Battles of Lire, Grain
5Yr Plans=Strict central
control of industry &
to break monoculture Public works: autostrada
agriculture through
collectivisation
to industrialise marsh drainage