The revolt of the cod ships: the strike of 1937

The recruitment of fishermen for the cod-fishing industry in the seas of Newfoundland and Greenland was one of the most remarkable aspects of the Estado Novo's «cod campaign». This article describes and interprets the fishermen's revolt which broke out in the Spring of 1937 and the various...

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Main Author: Garrido, Álvaro
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Portuguese
Published: Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa 2003
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Online Access:https://revistas.rcaap.pt/analisesocial/article/view/35612
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Summary:The recruitment of fishermen for the cod-fishing industry in the seas of Newfoundland and Greenland was one of the most remarkable aspects of the Estado Novo's «cod campaign». This article describes and interprets the fishermen's revolt which broke out in the Spring of 1937 and the various communities on the Portuguese coast from which men went out on the «great fishing expeditions». This was a protest movement which combined some aspects of sabotage with the typical features of a strike. Deconstructing it helps us to understand the hesitations and difficulties faced by those who wished to impose the «order» of the corporate state. . O recrutamento de pescadores para a pesca do bacalhau nos mares da Terra Nova e da Gronelândia foi um dos aspectos mais decisivos da «campanha do bacalhau» lançada pelo Estado Novo. Este artigo procura descrever e interpretar a rebelião dos pescadores que eclodiu na Primavera de 1937.