In 1919, the socialists won about a third of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies. ... Mussolini (1883–1945) was the son of a Turmoil between the Wars socialist blacksmith. ... There he gave part of his time to his books and the rest to writing articles for socialist newspapers. Expelled from the country for fomenting strikes, he returned to Italy, where he became a journalist and eventually the editor of Avanti, the leading socialist daily. ... They attacked socialists, often physically, and succeeded in taking over some local governments. ...

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