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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 government was instituted and Portugal withdrew from its overseas colonies.

Cutting against the grain of mainstream accounts, Raquel Cardeira Varela explores the role of trade unions, artists and women in the revolution, providing a rich account of the challenges faced and the victories gained through revolutionary means.

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20 February 2019
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"Lively, brilliantly documented and filled with the voices of Portugal's ordinary people, Raquel Varela's book recovers the revolution from below that shook Portugal in 1974-5, a 'democratic transition' that revealed another world is possible. This book deserves the widest circulation."

--Colin Barker, author of Festival of the Oppressed: solidarity, reform and revolution in Poland, 1980-81

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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Raquel Cardeira Varelais a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is president of the International Association of Strikes and Social Conflicts and coeditor of its scholarly journal, Workers of the World: International Journal of Strikes and Social Conflicts. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07N12XKG9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pluto Press; 1st edition (20 February 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ Portuguese
File size ‏ : ‎ 14679 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 350 pages

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- 30 in Política in Portuguese
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O povo unido

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2022

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Brilliant a great story well told. Without hatred or prejudice but with the interests of the working people at heart. Read it

Diana S

Informative, but requires a bit of "saneomento" [sic]!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2019

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It has a clear political perspective, & gives lots of detailed information on this complex and fascinating period, though not always in the most helpful order. There is an extensive list of sources, though a more international bibliography would have been good. Nevertheless, I feel I have learned a lot. My main gripe is the translation: often inelegant & sometimes downright erroneous, this does not make for a pleasant, smooth read.

Arran Evans

Great!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2019

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All good - thank you

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Bill Balderston

An Image of Revolution

Reviewed in the United States on 10 October 2021

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It allows us to reflect on this great revolutionary upsurge and the ability of working people to control their work and communities.

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