Neonazi flags in Portugal

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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• Ordem Nova
• Movimento de Acção Nacional (MAN)

• Neonazi flags
• Portuguese political organizations during the 1926-1974 dictatorship
• No Name Boys (Benfica sport club supporter group)

New Order / Ordem Nova

The portuguese traditional seafaring symbol, the cross of the Order of Christ, did not escape this tendence, although not black on red background: The Ordem Nova (New Order), a “National Socialist” style movement operating in Portugal in 1978-1982 used a blue flag with this cross (red) on a white disc.
Source: Pedro Marta Santos: “A Extrema-Direita Portuguesa” (The Portuguese Far Right) O Independente -- Vida 447 (1996.12.06): 32
António Martins, 18 Apr 1998

National Action Movement / Movimento de Acção Nacional (MAN)

Unlike the above flag, the Movimento de Acção Nacional (MAN) was a "classical" euro-neonazi style movement, which operated from 1986 to 1992. They used a white lined celtic cross on black flag. Source: Pedro Marta Santos: “A Extrema-Direita Portuguesa” (The Portuguese Far Right) O Independente -- Vida 447 (1996.12.06): 32
António Martins, 18 Apr 1998

Techically, this was not a party, but a neo-fascist movement connected with groups of “skinheads” and football supporters. After the murder of a black man in Lisbon by skinheads, they where extint by court order (Portuguese constitution prohibits organized movements that promote fascist ideology). They used a flag with a white field and a black [celtic] cross.
Jorge Candeias, 1997 Oct 26