From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution

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Main Author: da Silva, Raquel
Publication Date: 2020
Other Authors: Ferreira, Ana Sofia
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Language: eng
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spelling From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist RevolutionThe Narrative Restraints to Lethal Violence among Radical Left Organisations in PortugalPortugalradical lefARABRFP-25SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsUIDB/04209/2020 UIDP/04209/2020This article presents a historical case study of three armed organisations that operated in Portugal before and after the April Revolution of 1974. This event put an end to Estado Novo’s authoritarian regime, starting a period of transition to democracy. The armed organisations operating during Estado Novo sought, essentially, to combat the dictatorship and the Colonial War. These organisations channelled their actions towards the destruction of the regime’s repressive and colonial apparatus, but refused to use lethal violence. During the transition to democracy, disillusionment caused by the negative outcome of the revolutionary process and the end of the utopia of the socialist revolution led some sectors of the radical left to return to armed struggle. This time, such actors targeted both property and human beings but were highly selective in their targeting. We analyse the narratives of restraint of former militants from across these groups, and consider how they were shaped by the evolving socio-political context. In the case of the pre-revolution organisations, we found two collectively accepted narratives inscribed in their genesis: lethal violence as counterproductive and lethal violence as philosophically and ideologically problematic. In the case of the post-revolution organisation we found one restraint narrative shared by the collective: indiscriminate lethal violence is counterproductive. Some militants also developed a restraint narrative that centred on disappointment with the organisation for its perceived operational failures. This study is based on a narrative analysis of data dispersed across personal and public archives, writings, and memoirs of individuals directly and indirectly involved in the armed struggle, with data collected through interviews with former politically violent militantsInstituto de História Contemporânea (IHC)RUNda Silva, RaquelFerreira, Ana Sofia2021-01-22T23:40:28Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article13application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/110594eng2334-3745PURE: 27464252info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-22T17:49:58Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/110594Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:21:13.651679Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution
The Narrative Restraints to Lethal Violence among Radical Left Organisations in Portugal
title From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution
spellingShingle From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution
da Silva, Raquel
Portugal
radical lef
ARA
BR
FP-25
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
title_short From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution
title_full From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution
title_fullStr From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution
title_full_unstemmed From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution
title_sort From the Armed Struggle against the Dictatorship to the Socialist Revolution
author da Silva, Raquel
author_facet da Silva, Raquel
Ferreira, Ana Sofia
author_role author
author2 Ferreira, Ana Sofia
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Instituto de História Contemporânea (IHC)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv da Silva, Raquel
Ferreira, Ana Sofia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Portugal
radical lef
ARA
BR
FP-25
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
topic Portugal
radical lef
ARA
BR
FP-25
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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