Which groups did Fascist squads target in Italy during the early 1920s?

During the early 1920s, Fascist squads—known as Blackshirts—employed systematic violence to dismantle the political and economic organizations of their perceived enemies. Their targets included:

• Socialists and Communists: Fascists frequently attacked party newspapers, such as the socialist daily L'Avanti!, and destroyed party offices.12
• Labor Organizations: Squads dismantled trade unions, employment centers, and peasants' cooperatives, effectively crushing organized labor movements like the Federterra.12
• Political Opponents: Members of the Republican and Popular (Catholic) parties were targeted, with deputies often being run out of parliament or having their homes destroyed.12
• Local Government: Fascists frequently overthrew newly elected local councils and invaded council chambers to disrupt left-wing administrations.2

These paramilitary actions were often financed by landowners or industrialists and sometimes carried out with police collusion. The violence, which included beatings, looting, and arson, was intended to destroy any opposition to the rise of Benito Mussolini and the Fascist Party.12