Fascist violence answered the industrialists’ desire for revenge on labor.

Evidence

Th e impulse of revenge (an impulse the government failed to address) was to be satisfi ed with Fascist violence. Fires would soon burn down many worker organizations’ headquarters. Camere del lavoro (chambers of labor), le case del popolo (citizen centers), cooperatives, and newspaper offi ces were reduced to ash. Armed attacks would kill thousands, from socialist majors to rankandfi le workers, until the ultimate advent of the Fascist government in October 1922. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 576

Categorization

• CANDY: The concrete detail — burnings of case del popolo and cooperatives — is a vivid, elevator-friendly image of how fascism began as paramilitary class war.
• XREF: connects to: European fascism returned colonial violence back upon the European bourgeoisie — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 20; The Fascist corporate state aimed to neutralize class conflict generated by industrialization — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2472; Fascism reimposed the economic-political divide that workers had breached — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 583 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• European fascism returned colonial violence back upon the European bourgeoisie #corroborates (0.82) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 20
• The Fascist corporate state aimed to neutralize class conflict generated by industrialization #qualifies (0.80) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2472
• Fascism reimposed the economic-political divide that workers had breached #corroborates (0.78) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 583
• Fascist ideology reframes duty as heroic suffering stripped of economic content #expands (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 570
• Capitalist patriarchy channels men’s dehumanized work rage into violence against women. #exemplifies (0.72) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 303