European fascism drew its intellectual lineage from syndicalist and ex-servicemen milieus.

Evidence

Georges Valois was a French fascist thinker, who early in this century formed the “Cercle Proudhon ”, of which Sorel was a member. After the World War he organised a movement aimed at “national revolution”, based on ex servicemen and inspired by Mussolini; it was equally hostile to “bolshevism” and “plutocracy”. In the ‘thirties he espoused a form of “convergence” theory, seeing both the USA and the USSR as evolving towards a highly technological, syndical form of society. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2179

Categorization

• XREF: Names Sorel and the Cercle Proudhon as a bridge from revolutionary syndicalism to fascism — relevant to the left-to-right trajectories traced in Black Marxism and The Frankfurt School. — connects to: Nationalism converted radical syndicalist leaders into fascists via transformism. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2157; Revolutionary syndicalists could convert into fascist state functionaries.; Revisionist socialist theorists of peaceful transition later collaborated with fascist occupiers. (+5 more)
• DEFINE: Concrete specimen of a fascist thinker’s ideological trajectory: national revolution, hostility to both bolshevism and plutocracy, convergence theory.

Broader Connections

• French fascism drew on syndicalist and anti-bolshevik movements rooted in ex-servicemen #expands (0.95)
• Left-originated syndicalism became a powerful organizing tool of the fascist right #corroborates (0.95) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 262
• Italian anarcho-syndicalist leaders moved from radicalism into fascism via nationalism. #exemplifies (0.90) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2157
• Italian futurism shifted from popular anticultural revolt to fascist nationalism during the war #exemplifies (0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1984