How does the Estado Novo dictatorship control the May 1 demonstrations? “Workers’ Day” instead of “Labor Day”! | Funchal News Madeira News – Information from everyone for everyone!

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During the Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal, the regime was strictly controlling the demonstrations on May 1 by banning, repression and symbolic manipulation:

Violent ban: Public demonstrations and strikes were banned on May 1. Any cruelty was suppressed by the police forces, such as PIDE/DGS and GNR, which led to prisons, aggression and persecution of the participants.
The official organization and symbolic emptying: Replace the system “labor day” to “labor day”, Enhancing official and propaganda events only, denying the characteristic of history and trying to neutralize its meaning of struggle at work.
Federation’s fight: The state was strongly controlled by the state, especially after the union imposed in 1933, which prevented the authentic organization of workers and made any difficult independent mobilization.
Preventive monitoring and repression: The system had continuous monitoring of opponents, distributing reports on information about suspicious activities and suppressing any secret organizer attempt until May 1, such as distributing publications and writings.

Despite these restrictions, there were secret attempts to distinguish history, often with severe consequences for the participants. Only after the cloves revolution in 1974, it was celebrated freely on May 1 in Portugal.

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