Born in small town of Predappio in the Romagna in 1883
             Son of a Catholic Schoolmistress and a blacksmith with revolutionary views
             Not academic, but had strong character – being noted for his bullying and overpowering nature
             After leaving school Mousolini had a few teaching jobs in village schools
             1902 Mussolini went to Switzerland, where he did odd jobs
             He did read widely and was soon preaching the need for revolution
             Returned to Italy in 1904 to become a journalist
             His articles condemned the church and the class struggle
             1910 he was editing a small Socialist weekly paper in the town of Forli
             1911 he was jailed for causing trouble about the war in Libya
             He moved upward through the socialist party and hen he was released from prison in 1912 he became editor of the Socialist's newspaper "Avanti".
             His style was revolutionary and was for the use of violence in this revolution
             The Socialist party condemned outbreak of WW1 and they insisted that Italy remained neutral.
             November 1914 he resigned from "Avanti", and set up another paper called "Il Popolo d'Italia" (the people of Italy)
             The paper campaigned for Italy to join the war and thus Mousolini was thrown out of the Socialist party
             He received financial backing from Fiat
             May 1915 his writing helped to provoke riots in favour of intervention
             He was conscripted into the army in 1915
             1917 a training accident caused him to be invalided out of the war
             He returned to "Il Popolo d'Italia"
             Throughout 1918 his paper sought to create a new political movement that wanted to promote nationalism and social reform
             July 1918 he claimed that the paper was not socialist but instead was the "newspaper of combatants and producers"
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