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  1. In European history, a general confederation
  2. of industry established in Italy 1920 with
  3. the aim of countering working- class
  4. agitation. It contributed large funds to the
  5. fascist movement, which, in turn, used its
  6. squadristi against the workers. After
  7. Mussolini's takeover of power in 1922,
  8. Confindustria became one of the major groups
  9. of the fascist corporative state.
  10.