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| Facsimile Letter | vi |
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| Introduction: a Note on Italian Fascismo | ix |
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| Reproduction of the Original of the Manifesto issued by the Hon. Mussolini after He and His Party succeeded to the Government | xx |
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| English Translation | xxi |
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| PART I |
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| MUSSOLINI THE “SOCIALIST” |
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| “Do not think that by taking away my Membership Card you will take away my Faith in the Cause” | 3 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 25th November 1914.) |
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| PART II |
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| MUSSOLINI THE “MAN OF THE WAR” |
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| For the Liberty of Humanity and the Future of Italy | 9 |
| (Speech delivered at Parma, 13th December 1914.) |
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| “Either War or the End of Italy’s Name as a Great Power” | 18 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 25th January 1915.) |
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| “To the Complete Vanquishing of the Huns” | 25 |
| (Speech delivered at Sesto San Giovanni, 1st December 1917.) |
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| “No Turning Back!” | 30 |
| (Speech delivered at Rome, 24th February 1918.) |
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| The Fatal Victory | 37 |
| (Speech delivered at Bologna, 24th May 1918.) |
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| “In Honour of the American People” | 49 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 8th April 1918.) |
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| The League of Nations | 52 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 20th October 1918.) |
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| In Celebration of Victory | 58 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 11th November 1918.) |
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| PART III |
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| MUSSOLINI THE “FASCISTA FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE” |
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| Workmen’s Rights After the War | 63 |
| (Speech delivered at Dalmine, 20th March 1919.) |
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| Sacrifice, Work, and Production | 67 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 5th February 1920.) |
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| “We are not against Labour, but against the Socialist Party, in as far as it remains Anti-Italian” | 71 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 24th May 1920.) |
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| Fascismo’s Interests for the Working Classes | 75 |
| (Speech delivered at Ferrara, 4th April 1921.) |
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| “My Father was a Blacksmith and I have Worked with Him; He bent Iron, but I have the harder task of Bending Souls” | 79 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 6th December 1922.) |
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| Labour to take the First Place in New Italy | 82 |
| (Speech delivered at Rome, 6th January 1923.) |
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| PART IV |
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| MUSSOLINI THE “FASCISTA” |
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| The Three Declarations at the First Fascista Meeting | 87 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 23rd March 1919.) |
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| Outline of the Aims and Programme of Fascismo | 92 |
| (Speech delivered at Milan, 22nd July 1919.) |
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| Fascismo and the Rights of Victory | 103 |
| (Speech delivered at Florence, 9th October 1919.) |
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| The Tasks of Fascismo | 108 |
