Raquel Varela

A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution

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On the 25th April 1974, a coup destroyed the ranks of Portugal's fascist Estado Novo government as the Portuguese people flooded the streets of Lisbon, placing red carnations in the barrels of guns and demanding a 'land for those who work in it'.This became the Carnation Revolution - an international coalition of working class and social movements, which also incited struggles for independence in Portugal's African colonies, the rebellion of the young military captains in the national armed forces and the uprising of Portugal's long-oppressed working classes. It was through the organising power of these diverse movements that a popular-front… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Robinson, Peter (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-78680-358-0
EAN: 9781786803580
Produktnummer: 29863074
Verlag: Pluto Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 4'534 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Raquel Varela is a labour historian, researcher and Professor at New University of Lisbon, and Honorary Fellow at the International Institute for Social History. She is also president of the International Association of Strikes and Social Conflicts and co-editor of its journal. She is the author of A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution (Pluto, 2018).