portuguese history meme + the carnation revolution [3/9 moments] 

A revolution took place in Portugal. (…) The revolution was the most profound to have taken place in Europe since the Second World War. During those 19 months, hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike, hundreds of workplaces were occupied sometimes for months and perhaps 3 million people took place in demonstrations, occupations and commissions. (…) Nobody predicted that so many would try quickly to learn and put into practice the ideas that explode from those who are exploited when they try to take control of their own destiny. - Raquel Varela, A People’s History of the Portuguese Revolution