Th e impulse of revenge (an impulse the government failed to address) was to be satisfi ed with Fascist violence. Fires would soon burn down many worker organizations' headquarters. Camere del lavoro (chambers of labor), le case del popolo (citizen centers), cooperatives, and newspaper offi ces were reduced to ash. Armed attacks would kill thousands, from socialist majors to rankandfi le workers, until the ultimate advent of the Fascist government in October 1922.

Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, loc. 576