Examining the story and the politics of the The Carnation Revolution of 1974-5
Portugal’s revolution began on 25 April 1974, set in motion by a military coup against the country’s nearly-50-year-old fascist regime. It was effectively ended by another coup on 25 November 1975.
Portugal started 1974 as a backward, isolated colonial power run by an authoritarian regime, and began 1976 as a state without colonies, on its way to becoming a stable bourgeois democracy, integrated into European capitalism.
Timeline 6
Salazar 7
Military 9
Lowest 10
Police 12
Strike 14
Spinola 17
On the Land 19
Theoretical Problems 26
The Fifth Government 27
The Hot Summer 29
Toward an End 31
When the Far Left lined up behind the military 35
Organs of “popular power” 38
“The working class is divided” 40
“We want a revolutionary transitional government” 42
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