blueshirt

Example:In contrast to the authoritarian Blueshirt movement, many Irish people during that period were republicans supporting a fully independent nation-state.

Definition:Believing or advocating that a government should be a republic, under which the head of state is not a hereditary monarch; favouring a republic.

Example:Blueshirts and pacifists had fundamental disagreements on matters of state and defense.

Definition:A person who advocates for principles of peace and nonviolent action to bring about social change and resolve conflict.

Example:During the interwar period, democrats actively opposed the Blueshirt movement and its anti-democratic tendencies.

Definition:A person who advocates the principles of democracy, particularly universal suffrage and the equality of political rights.