Ok advice noted. Here is one quick example, and I'll have to get some more posted when I get a chance.
This is how Google search defines
Fascism
noun
noun: fascism; noun: Fascism; plural noun: Fascisms
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
synonyms: authoritarianism, totalitarianism, dictatorship, despotism, autocracy; More
Nazism, rightism;
nationalism, xenophobia, racism, anti-Semitism;
jingoism, isolationism;
neofascism, neo-Nazism
"a film depicting the rise of fascism in the 1930s"
(in general use) extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice.
Here is the link
https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&ei=94SKWJf5BOG4jAPBnafoAQ&q=fascism&oq=&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.1.2.35i39k1l3.0.0.0.1764.3.2.0.1.1.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c..64.mobile-gws-hp..2.1.56.3.q1xUfb-JTXk
And this is Webster dictionary definition.
Definition of fascism
1
often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2
: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control <early instances of army fascism and brutality — J. W. Aldridge>
And the link
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism
As you can see there are some differences, and Google seems to think that fascism is decidedly right wing ideology. Just wanting to point this out, because it doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar.. I will post more soon when I get some more time to research..