@Carl Munson lol I guess, but introduction of material by the editor carries more weight?

@Carl Munson you are ok, no time now i am retired 🤣

Unfortunately, the thirst for freedom, which accomplished so much, turning a military coup into a revolution during the course of a day or two, was insufficiently long lived to stop the counter revolution. The reason Chega do not wear carnations today, and are trying to establish a celebration of 25 November is that they would rather return Portugal to the authoritarian corporatist state of pre 1974; a state which even the US force welcome pack characterises as close to Fascism. Despite that characterisation and the US role in the fight against Fascism not 30 years previously, Nixon and Kissenger used the US ambassador to Lisbon, Carlucci, to buold up the Socialist Party as a Social Democratic counter to the Communists who had played a major role in both the Captains Movement and the revolution. This led to the triumph of the Counterrevolution of 25 November 1975 with the disbanding of the revolutionary council and the reversal of many of the occupations, nationalisations and expropriations that the thirst for freedom had won in those initial days and weeks. The continued reversal of those gains up until today has led to the environment where the wealthy has a decreasing tax burden, corruption is commonplace and many people interviewed today spoke of the need to rekindle the spirit of 25/4 and to reverse the (potential further) erosion of the rights of ordinary people in the economy, health education and housing.