Why are you disappointed with Portugal? This country is the happiest lap dog I’ve ever seen. Our politicians are always ready to embrace NATO’s policy, even if our contributions are pathetic and meaningless.
Familial connection mostly, and what could’ve been with the Carnation Revolution that was unfortunately sabotaged. It just makes me sad every time.
Also I thought Portugal was in a weird financial spot, like they didn’t have enough in their own country let alone send it to another. Guess I was wrong.
A People’s History of The Portuguese Revolution by Raquel Varela is a book about it, I know I used it for the paper I wrote comparing the Carnation Revolution and the Cuban Revolution. Theres also The Revolution before the Revolution: Late authoritarianism and student protest in Portugal by Guya Accornero. If you know anything about the Cuban revolution you’ll actually find quite a bit of similarities with Portugal when it comes to Student protests and Unions playing a big role in carrying out the larger movement, both of course played out differently and the results were also different too. Those two books should be a good start, I’m sure others, especially comrades from Portugal, have better sources for you. The article “External Factors’ Influence on Course of the April 25, 1974 Revolution in Portugal” by D.N. Ermolovich talks about the US meddling in Portugal post-revolution. Although that one is in Russian, hopefully there’s an English translation out there but… yeah. I remember reading about how Mario Soares (leader of the Portuguese Socialist Party post-rev) was affiliated with the CIA so there’s that factor.
Why are you disappointed with Portugal? This country is the happiest lap dog I’ve ever seen. Our politicians are always ready to embrace NATO’s policy, even if our contributions are pathetic and meaningless.
Familial connection mostly, and what could’ve been with the Carnation Revolution that was unfortunately sabotaged. It just makes me sad every time.
Also I thought Portugal was in a weird financial spot, like they didn’t have enough in their own country let alone send it to another. Guess I was wrong.
Looks they weren’t able to sweep away all the fantoches de Kissinger…
Have any good reading on the Carnation Revolution? I have a pretty surface-level understanding and it seems fascinating.
A People’s History of The Portuguese Revolution by Raquel Varela is a book about it, I know I used it for the paper I wrote comparing the Carnation Revolution and the Cuban Revolution. Theres also The Revolution before the Revolution: Late authoritarianism and student protest in Portugal by Guya Accornero. If you know anything about the Cuban revolution you’ll actually find quite a bit of similarities with Portugal when it comes to Student protests and Unions playing a big role in carrying out the larger movement, both of course played out differently and the results were also different too. Those two books should be a good start, I’m sure others, especially comrades from Portugal, have better sources for you. The article “External Factors’ Influence on Course of the April 25, 1974 Revolution in Portugal” by D.N. Ermolovich talks about the US meddling in Portugal post-revolution. Although that one is in Russian, hopefully there’s an English translation out there but… yeah. I remember reading about how Mario Soares (leader of the Portuguese Socialist Party post-rev) was affiliated with the CIA so there’s that factor.