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Equality Promises Fuel Red Star Cork Cooperative in Portugal
Communist led workers seized Henrique Barreira’s cork plantation 18 months ago forming Portugal’s first agricultural cooperative. The Red Star coop pays higher wages but not the promised 15 dollars daily. prices have risen, meat is scarce, and the eight hour day is in place. Production lags. debt exists yet morale is high. Half the workers are Communists, but the group claims non affiliation with the party. The state plans to return 42,000 acres to former owners, while Red Star presses on with shared decision making, Soviet guidance, and new crops like rice and wheat amid limited electricity.
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Antiago DO Cacem
Portugal
Henrique Barreira
Red Star Agricultural Cooperative
Francisco Ventura Guerreiro
Guerreiro
Europe
Mario Soares
Soares
Red Star
New Portugal
Barreira
Russia
Manuel Zurrinho
Soviet Union
Joao Teixeira