Long live the revolution!

[We will rise again]

That's right comrades,

Here in Portugal we are celebrating the 25 of April, 1974, the day we destroyed the fascist dictatorship with a peacefull, bloodless revolution, and ended Portuguese colonialism!

It's a proud day for me, my dear proletarians! :crying:

The symbol is a carnation, which the people put in the soldiers rifles to represent peace and liberty.

Many former African colonies declared themselves Socialist/Communist states, where, unfortunately, U.S.A. didn't wait to get there fingers on... But enough of that!

Hasta La Vitória, Siempre!:che:

[Optiow]

Huzzah for that, comrade :)

[Le Socialiste]

Congratulations, comrade! Long live the revolution, indeed.

[dernier combat]

Not to rain on your parade, but there was no 'revolution' in any meaningful Marxist or anarchist sense of the term - and the fact that some colonies declared themselves to be something they never were means little for the working class.

[Tommy4ever]

Not to rain on your parade, but there was no 'revolution' in any meaningful Marxist or anarchist sense of the term - and the fact that some colonies declared themselves to be something they never were means little for the working class.

A fascist government in Europe was overthrown by its people.

Not a revolution?

[communard71]

Not to rain on your parade, but there was no 'revolution' in any meaningful Marxist or anarchist sense of the term - and the fact that some colonies declared themselves to be something they never were means little for the working class.
Your right, a crumbling regime crumbled.

[dernier combat]

A fascist government in Europe was overthrown by its people.

Not a revolution?
Nope. It's not that simple. Communists understand revolution to be a class act. The bourgeoisie were the ruling class in Portugal before the Carnation "Revolution" and they still are. Ignoring the fact that no class was actually removed from power, we are still faced with the fact that this was not an independent working class action (as acknowledged even by you, when you said the government "was overthrown by its people" - 'people' being composed of a variety of class backgrounds). As much as I would have loved to see Carnation Revolution turn in to a show of working class militancy and solidarity, the unpleasant truth remains that it was largely just a military coup orchestrated by officers of the Portuguese Armed Forces initially as a protest against a decree law.