35th Anniversary of Portuguese Revolution

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Just in case anyone forgot, the Revolução dos Cravos began on April 24, 1974.

http://libcom.org/library/portugal-impossible-revolution-phil-mailer

[In case it's been on your list of things to read for a long time, like it has for me...]

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It's excellent. Mailer was lucky enough to be in Portugal working when the revolt broke out.

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Wow I just realized that today was not actually the 24th... whoops.

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I think Loren Goldner's Ubu Saved from Drowning: Worker Insurgency and Statist Containment in Portugal and Spain, 1974-1977 is a crucial read:

http://home.earthlink.net/~lrgoldner/spainportugal.html