2.         IN A WORLD IN CONTINUOUS AND RAPID TRANSFORMATION, IS REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION STILL CURRENT? THE ANSWER IS AFFIRMATIVE

            At the same time that the editions and fruits of Revolution and Counter-Revolution were multiplying on six continents, ⁶⁸ the world – impelled by the revolutionary process that has been dominating it for four centuries – underwent such rapid and profound changes that, as we launch this new edition, it is appropriate to ask, as we have already said, whether on account of these changes something should be rectified or added in regard to what we wrote in 1959.

            Revolution and Counter-Revolution is situated sometimes in the theoretical field and sometimes in a theoretic-practical field very close to pure theory. Thus, it should not surprise anyone if in our judgment no event has altered the study's content.

            Assuredly, many of the methods and styles of action used by the Brazilian TFP, which was being formed in 1959 – and by its sister organizations – were replaced or adapted to the new circumstances. Others were introduced. However, as all these methods and styles are situated in an inferior field that is effectual and practical, Revolution and Counter-Revolution does not address them. Accordingly, nothing in the text needs to be modified.

            All this notwithstanding, there would be much to add if we wished to relate Revolution and Counter-Revolution to the new horizons that history is opening. But this would not fit in a simple supplement. We do think, though, that a summary of what the Revolution did in these twenty years - a review of the world scene as transformed by it - would help the reader to easily and conveniently relate the study's contents to present reality. This we shall proceed to do.