Building Popular Power: Worker's and Neighborhood Movements in the Portuguese Revolution

by John L. Hammond

Book Overview

Portugal's 1974 military coup brought down the longest established fascist regime in the history of the world and the only remaining colonial empire, and set loose a tremendous political upsurge by ordinary Portuguese citizens. People who had never discussed politics above a whisper shouted and debated their dreams. As they seized control of factories and neighborhoods, they took control of their lives. In Building Popular Power, John L. Hammond...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853457417
• ISBN13: 9780853457411
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"