Fascism is essentially characterized by three themes (in various forms and proportions): ethnic particularism (national or racial), combined with some sort of radical economic "third way" opposed to both Marxist socialism and free-market capitalism, and a revolutionary, anti-democratic political program.
From the International Fascist Organization which promotes Mussolini's Fascism while rejecting anti-Semitism and totalitarianism. http://www.angelfire.com/home/government/
Examination of imagery and symbolism in school reports from 1930s Italy and the manner in which Mussolin's fascist dictatorship attempted to influence school children. http://uk.geocities.com/fkaprotz1/