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This chapter will explore the many facets by which London became an important hub for activists engaged in the liberation struggles of Portuguese-speaking Africa (as well as Goa, for a shorter period) in the 1960s and 1970s, drawing on a variety of archival sources (both private and official) and memoirs. The chapter will start by presenting the background of such activities by highlighting key features of the relationship between the UK and the Portuguese dictatorship since the end of the Second World War, namely the close political ties between Whitehall and the Estado Novo government. It will also discuss the ambiguous stance adopted by the Labour Party (while in power and in opposition) vis-à-vis anti-colonial and anti-salazarists individuals and movements and highlight the opportunities which the latter were nonetheless able to exploit to further their causes in the UK. The chapter will then go on to discuss the role played by groups which were specifically formed to give support to the liberation struggles in Portuguese-speaking AfricaAfrica (such as the Committee for the Freedom of Mozambique, Angola, Guinea, established in 1967–68), as well as by human rights organizations like Amnesty International. The chapter concludes with a section which aims to assess the impact of the Cold War confrontation on the attitudes of the two dominant players of the UK party system vis-a-vis the decolonization struggle in Portuguese Africa in the period under consideration.

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Defying Portuguese Colonialism Under the Shadow of the ‘Old Alliance:’ London in the ‘Long Sixties’

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    2025年

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  • Pedro Aires Oliveira

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This chapter will explore the many facets by which London became an important hub for activists engaged in the liberation struggles of Portuguese-speaking Africa (as well as Goa, for a shorter period) in the 1960s and 1970s, drawing on a variety of archival sources (both private and official) and memoirs. The chapter will start by presenting the background of such activities by highlighting key features of the relationship between the UK and the Portuguese dictatorship since the end of the Second World War, namely the close political ties between Whitehall and the Estado Novo government. It will also discuss the ambiguous stance adopted by the Labour Party (while in power and in opposition) vis-à-vis anti-colonial and anti-salazarists individuals and movements and highlight the opportunities which the latter were nonetheless able to exploit to further their causes in the UK. The chapter will then go on to discuss the role played by groups which were specifically formed to give support to the liberation struggles in Portuguese-speaking AfricaAfrica (such as the Committee for the Freedom of Mozambique, Angola, Guinea, established in 1967–68), as well as by human rights organizations like Amnesty International. The chapter concludes with a section which aims to assess the impact of the Cold War confrontation on the attitudes of the two dominant players of the UK party system vis-a-vis the decolonization struggle in Portuguese Africa in the period under consideration.