[lbo-talk] Egyptian presidency rejects army ultimatum calling on Mohammed Morsi to share power

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 2 07:06:22 PDT 2013


Bill: "The role of the army in a modern democratic society does not include being some kind of political umpire. So long as it thinks it is, liberal democracy is not an option."

[WS:] Really?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution

The *Carnation Revolution* (Portuguese<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language>
: *Revolução dos Cravos*), also referred to as the *25 April* (Portuguese: *25
de Abril*), was a military coup<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_coup>

in Lisbon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon>, Portugal<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal> began on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the regime of the Estado Novo<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Novo_(Portugal)> .[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution#cite_note-1> The revolution started as a military coup organized by the Movimento das Forças Armadas <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimento_das_For%C3%A7as_Armadas> (Armed Forces Movement, MFA), composed of military officers who opposed the regime, but the movement was soon coupled with an unanticipated and popular campaign of civil resistance<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_resistance>. This movement would lead to the fall of the Estado Novo and the withdrawal of Portugal from its African colonies<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Africa> .

The name "Carnation Revolution" comes from the fact no shots were fired and when the population started descending the streets to celebrate the end of the dictatorship and war in the colonies, carnation<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus_caryophyllus> flowers were put into the muzzles of rifles and on the uniforms of the army. The Portuguese celebrate the national holiday of Freedom Day<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Day_(Portugal)> on 25 April every year to celebrate the revolution.

-- Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."



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