The Gram-She: A History of the Italian Socialist Movement

Mussolini was on the left wing of the Italian Socialist Party previous to the First World War. He also went to university as a poor person basically and did really well because we're, you know, working class people do really well in school when they're given the right opportunities. Mussolini is like, had been a fellow traveler of like the Gramsciites. And he's arrested by the fascists when the fascists come to power.