Revolutionary Rehearsals

Five times in the last 40 years, the working class has posed a radical alternative to the status quo.
France 1968: A general strike and factory occupations by millions of workers shake the country.
Chile 1972: Workers defending the Popular Unity government set up workers’ councils—the cordones—and demand control over production.
Portugal 1974: Army officers overthrow the dictator Caetano and release an upsurge of "popular power" whichs last 18 months.