"Because of Italian fascism’s roots in revolutionary syndicalism and revised Marxism, Mussolini never thought of himself as a rightist; that label was already reserved for the reactionary forces of the monarchy and the clergy. According to the Encyclopedia Americana, Mussolini’s Fasci di Combattimento declared that they were trying to start a ‘leftist revolutionary program of action.’"
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