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Rolo PretoRolo Preto (b. Gavio, 27 February 1893, d. Lisbon, 18 December 1977) was a Portuguese politician and leader of the National Syndicalist Movement (also the Blue Shirts, following the tradition of uniformed fascist groups), a fascist organisation advocating a corporatist state modelled after that of Benito Mussolini's Italy. He advocated especially some of the aspects of fascism which are reminiscent of Leftist ideas of social justice, such as "a minimum family wage," "paid holidays," "working class education," and a world in which workers are "guaranteed the right to happiness." (http://www.cphrc.org.uk/history/hi-fragments/hi-frag-syndicalism.htm1) He was exiled, and his MNS banned, after Antonio Salazar, often considered a fascist himself, came to power; perhaps unsurprisingly, Preto ended up opposing the dictatorship of Salazar and Caetano from the left. After World War II, he wrote critiques of his articles, written in the 1920s, praising Benito Mussolini, breaking with Fascism; and entered Portuguese politics on the left in the brief period between the Carnation Revolution and his death. Sources Preto, Rolo Preto, Rolo Preto, Rolo
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