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Portugal Far Left
Far-left groups, most importantly the Portuguese
Democratic
Movement (Movimento Democrático Português--MDP), had
considerable
influence in the early part of the revolution. Consisting
mostly
of students and intellectuals, these groups were augmented
by
leftists from all over the world who flocked to Portugal
to
witness and participate in the revolution. They often
engaged in
guerrilla tactics, street demonstrations, and takeovers of
private lands and industries. On their own, these groups
could
mount major demonstrations; in alliance with the PCP, they
could
be even more formidable. Since the heady revolutionary
days of
the mid-1970s, however, most of these groups have been
absorbed
into the larger parties or dissolved. As of the beginning
of
1990s, some far-left groups were still active at the
universities
and in intellectual circles, but they were seen as a
fringe
phenomenon and lacked their former disruptive capacity.
Data as of January 1993
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