Talk:Reactionary/List of Discrepancies

This is a list of all the discrepancies in the word reactionary as applied to Nazism and Fascism over and against the original meaning of the word which is those that opposed the French revolution and those who stood for monarchism. This is an historical category of its possible ill use. All are encouraged to put references with citiation of sources. Any time one runs into this word "Reactionary" as applied outside its original meaning please put here.

"After the war he (General Ludendorff) became a leader of reactionary political movements, ultimately joining the Nazi Party". Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 7, pg 545,

Communist Usage of the term

The below is from the introduction written by Gus Hall, American communist leader, in the book, Lectures of Fascism by Palmiro Togliatti.
"In the period of capitalism's crisis and decay Togliatti speaks about "the tendency toward reactionary policies in capitalism". pg x
"It moves to replace democratic structures with reactionary and military regimes. Fascism is the most brutal, devastating, developed form of such big business dictatorships." pg xi
"The Nixon Administration prepared executive orders for use in mass roundups of all who resisted the pro-big business reactionary policies." pg xi