The New Greece: Prelude to Freedom?

The overthrow of the Portuguese dictatorship was front-page news throughout the Western world. But in Greece, as in Spain, it was almost the only front-page news for many days after it happened. Under the rigid press censorship Greek newspapers could not, of course, suggest that developments in Portugal were relevant for Greece. But it would have been superfluous to do so, since everyone got the point. The junta’s journalistic spokesmen could not ignore it; they sought to ward off the e...