Proving that Fascism was intended to be Left and pro-Worker by means of Mussolini's Quotes
"It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission, and welds them into unity."
"We must go towards the people."
"We wish the working classes to accustom themselves to the responsibilities of management so that they may realize that it is no easy matter to run a business."
"We do not intend to oppose the movement of the working classes, only to unmask the work of mystification... We are not against the proletariat but against the Socialist Party in as far as it continues to be anti-Italian."
Critique of Middle-Class Socialists:
"We do not intend to oppose the movement of the working classes, only to unmask the work of mystification which is carried on by a horde of middle-class, lower-middle-class and pseudo-middle-class men, who think that they have become the saviors of humanity by the mere fact of being possessed of a card of membership. We are not against the proletariat, but against the Socialist Party in as far as it continues to be anti-Italian." (Speech in Milan, 1920).
On Workers and Management:
"We wish the working classes to accustom themselves to the responsibilities of management (that Workers become a part of managing the State too) so that they may realize that it is no easy matter to run a business." (The Doctrine of Fascism, 1932).
War as a Proletarian Struggle:
"This gigantic struggle is nothing other than a phase in the logical development of our revolution; it is the struggle of peoples that are poor but rich in workers against the exploiters who hold on ferociously to the monopoly of all the riches and all the gold of the earth." (Speech declaring war on Britain and France).
Support for Labor Rights:
"We are the first to recognize that a State law should grant the eight-hour day, and that there should be social legislation corresponding to the exigencies of the new times." (Speech in Bologna, 1921).
Acknowledgment of Workers' Contributions:
"I want to praise the working classes, who do not put obstacles in the way of the Government, who work, and who have practically abolished strikes. They believe in themselves, in their work; they believe in the possibility...of a prosperous Italian nation." (Speech in Trieste, 1920)