Revolutionary syndicalists could convert into fascist state functionaries.

Evidence

Unfortunately, as Georges Sorel (1974) suggested in his brilliant Reflections on violence, first published in 1908, it was possible to inven.t m’yths that might have a consuming power over class politics. SyndIcalIsm of the sort that Sorel promoted originated as a parti­ CIpatory movement of the left, deeply antagonistic to all forms of state power, but evolved into a corporatist movement (attractive to someone like Le Corbusier in the 1930s) that became a powerful organizing tool of the fascist right. In so doing it was able to appeal t<;> certain myths of a hierarchically ordered but nevertheless parti­ Clpatory and exclusive community, with clear identity and close socƾal. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 262 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

By “theoretical syndicalism”, Gramsci means what is in English known simply as “syndicalism”—the Italian word “sindacalismo ” means both “syndicalism” and “trade-unionism”. There was a strong syndicalist tradition in the Italian working-class, notably among the anarchists and anarcho-syndicalists. Anarchist workers played a leading part in many of the great industrial struggles of the war and immediate post-war years, especially in Turin, where Gramsci during the Ordine Nuovo period repeatedly attacked the sectarianism of many socialists towards them. On the other hand, the anarcho-syndicalist leaders, typified by Arturo Labriola, were politically ambiguous to say the least. Labriola was an inter ventionist in 1915, and although he was later an anti-fascist, many of the other anarcho-syndicalist leaders rallied via nationalism to fascism, in a process which Gramsci related to the “transformism” of the bourgeois politicians following the Risorgimento. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2157 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nationalism converted radical syndicalist leaders into fascists via transformism. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2157; Left-originated syndicalism became a powerful organizing tool of the fascist right — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 262; French fascism drew on syndicalist and anti-bolshevik movements rooted in ex-servicemen (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• 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 (0.95) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2157
• Transformism organically absorbed revolutionary personnel into the Italian ruling class #expands (0.90)
• French fascism drew on syndicalist and anti-bolshevik movements rooted in ex-servicemen #exemplifies (0.85)
• European fascism drew its intellectual lineage from syndicalist and ex-servicemen milieus. #exemplifies (0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2179