Volume 22, Number 18 · November 13, 1975
Postscript from Portugal
By Kenneth Maxwell
Soares gave the Portuguese revolution two months. Since he spoke, four weeks have passed. And while he directs his barbs at Cunhal he remains reticent about the formidable threat from the right that, if it does not reunite the Socialists and the Communists, could soon topple them both. When the Communists and the extreme left label every opponent a fascist it is soon forgotten who the true fascists are, how powerful their resources, and how they gain support daily. Right-wing groups, among them the 'Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Portugal,' have organized paramilitary forces in Spain that now include an army of at least 6,000 men; a good many more are organized in clandestine groups in Portugal itself. They wait as the left tears itself apart, disarms itself, and falls into a chaos of mutual recrimination and confrontation.
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