The book “The History of the People of Loulé in the Portuguese Revolution 1974-1975”, by Raquel Varela and Luísa Barbosa Pereira, is presented on January 15, at 21 pm, at the Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Municipal Library, in that city.
On April 25, 1974, a coup, carried out by the Movement of the Armed Forces (MFA), in disagreement with the colonial war that had lasted for thirteen years, ended a 48-year-old dictatorship – which began as a military one, then it had been directed by Salazar and, finally, after 1968, by Marcello Caetano.
The Portuguese revolution was marked by the political prominence of a strong labor and social movement that reached all sectors of society, in particular the labor movement, and was characterized by very radical social conflicts among students, the modern labor sector of services, the informal sector and a broad participation of women and the middle and lower sectors of the armed forces.
Immediately, and against the appeal of the military who led the coup – who insisted on the radio for people to stay at home – thousands of people left and fought, especially in Lisbon and Porto, but not only that. The social conflict in Portugal in 1974-75 was national in scope, reaching other parts of the country, including the municipality of Loulé.
This is the story we intend to tell: the story of the people of Loulé in the 1974-1975 revolutionary biennium.
Raquel Varela is a historian. His fields of study are the history of the Carnation Revolution, the history of work and the history of the welfare state.
Luísa Barbosa Pereira is a social scientist. His fields of study are, among others, sociology of work, history of the labor movement and the Carnation Revolution.
This session of the “Open Books” cycle is free.
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