Antes da PIDE

O Triunfo da PVDE

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After Oliveira Salazar introduced the National Labour Statute in 1933, independent trade unions and strikes were outlawed under the new corporatist system. In response, anarcho-syndicalists and communists united in a revolutionary general strike on 18 January 1934, aiming to overthrow the regime. The uprising briefly succeeded in Marinha Grande before being crushed by the PVDE. Nearly 700 people were arrested, and the episode investigates evidence of torture, including the death of communist activist Mário Vieira Tomé in custody and the mutilation of anarchist Jaime Rebelo. It also explores the rise of fascist leader Rolão Preto, whose movement unexpectedly challenged Salazar from the far right.