Mussolini's "Egoist Anarchism"
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Reading Goliath: The March of Fascism. Was trying to learn a bit more about Mussolini's views on Stirner and the relationship between individualist anarchists and Italian fascists, but unfortunately got this endless moralizing screed on T@L: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/william-gillis-from-stirner-to-…
Anyone know more about the background, with sources worth reading?
> the relationship between…
> the relationship between individualist anarchists and Italian fascists
There's no relationship. W-Bot Gillis and Special Agent Alexander Reid Ross (and, before them, Comrade Murray Bookchin) made all that shit up. It's what they do. Everyone knows this.
Stirner is against 'the state', 'the nation', 'the people'... there's no way to get from him to Mussolini.
maybe check out Leda…
maybe check out Leda Rafanelli's biography, "I Only Belong To Myself" https://www.akpress.org/catalog/product/view/id/2632/s/i-belong-only-to…
she had a personal relationship to Mussolini before he turned to fascism, and from what I remember, the book describes the various splits/disagreements among the Italian anarchists at the time.
after pulling the book off…
after pulling the book off the shelf for a second glance:
Rafanelli spent time with Mussolini from around 1913-14 when he was a socialist (go figure!). he formed his own movement for fascism in 1919. Mussolini was influenced by Libero Tancredi, a proto-fascist who nonetheless self-described as an anarchist before joining the official fascist party. Tancredi contributed to the same newspaper as Rafanelli, "The Human Protest" (La Protesta Humana), and the socialist newpaper with Mussolini, "Forward!" (Avanti!).
the futurists, most notably Filippo Marinetti, also tried to court anarchists to their cause. futurism was sort of an earlier version of what might be called transhumanist acclerationism today. Marinetti also ended up joining the fascists (again, go figure).
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