Eli Drijver was specialized in Portugal and its colonies, so this was an golden opportunity to get his hands on Portuguese revolutionary material from the first hours and later on. The books and posters were accurately described in a number of catalogues that are on line now. If you are interested in our book collections or posters, please contact us! If you like even older general Portuguese (and the Portuguese colonies) books check out the "Mother Collection" or "Mouta Collection" and browse around.
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.
Source from the book: "A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution" by: Raquel Varela and Peter Robinson
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