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Triple A
12th March 2011, 20:14
They call themselves the geração à rasca, Portugal's "desperate generation" - university graduates aged from 21 to 35 who are desperate to start a career, earn a steady wage and move out of their parents' homes.Rev lefters,

I am very glad to tell you all that portuguese people were able to mobilize more than 200 thousand people (good for a small country) against the government, the system and austherity.
It was a hell of a demo and even the band that will represent Portugal in eurovision was there(they might be eluded because of the leftist lyrics).


http://www.dn.pt/storage/DN/2011/highlight/ng1473877.JPG?type=highlight&pos=0


http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/multimedia/oratvi/multimedia/imagem/id/13398654/660x495

The guys that will represent Portugal in eurovision.




PS: There were a lot of anarchist flags.
Os Cangaceiros
12th March 2011, 22:45
Wow! That's great. I only expected tens of thousands, from reading news reports.
Triple A
12th March 2011, 23:03
Wow! That's great. I only expected tens of thousands, from reading news reports.


I thought it would be a complete failure.
I went there and the protesters filled the streets.
Dimmu
12th March 2011, 23:04
Good for the people of Portugal! :)
Triple A
12th March 2011, 23:37
I doubt the government will step down but it is happy to see the people protesting.
And I expected a bigger presence of the trotzkyst and comunist parties. I know they were there but without banners what was a bit dissapointing.

Some more pics.

Note the anarchist flag.
http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/multimedia/oratvi/multimedia/imagem/id/13398895/660x495
http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/multimedia/oratvi/multimedia/imagem/id/13398669/980x735
http://item.slide.com/r/1/0/i/os-kBOWX4T-_mueCkITI5N5F4E7yG98Z/

Here we have the marxists.
The poster says: We wil continue the struggle.
http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/multimedia/oratvi/multimedia/imagem/id/13398832/660x495


http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/multimedia/oratvi/multimedia/imagem/id/13398662/980x735



This is one of my favourites, it says: No economy no jobs fuck you all.
http://item.slide.com/r/1/0/i/S-Oq5gQE5j_A3G8XVtxVOKXnY5nsb59-/

http://pt.indymedia.org/sites/pt.indymedia.org/files/imagens/newswire/cnt10.jpg


And the typical anarcho-sindicalist that were there. It says: United and self organized we will give them the crisis.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_myxN-cbcmLI/TRM7_SAZAjI/AAAAAAAAAoo/x4mVMKKcb0Y/s1600/GreveGeral_Porto.JPG

PS: I could not find photos but I saw a zeitgeist people there.
IndependentCitizen
13th March 2011, 01:03
Bloody hell! I only hope Britain on the 26th has that many numbers!
NoOneIsIllegal
13th March 2011, 05:19
Damn impressive. Some nice photos too. I laughed at the one :laugh:
Mather
13th March 2011, 06:26
What is the state of the anarchist movement in Portugal?
Triple A
13th March 2011, 14:47
What is the state of the anarchist movement in Portugal?


The anarcho- sindicalists are the most active movement.
It is preety fucked up because since an antifascist demo in 2007 the police has been trying to sabotage the anarchists, and the television has done some propaganda against us aswell.
Just for you to have an ideia, during the NATO summit in November 2010 they released some panphlets saying that anarcho-libertarian meetings were outlawed.
Triple A
13th March 2011, 15:13
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The mob sings the people united will never be defeated and the anarchists start singin that the people united doesnt need parties.
Luís Henrique
13th March 2011, 19:10
The mob sings the people united will never be defeated and the anarchists start singin that the people united doesnt need parties.

And by that, acting exactly like a party...:rolleyes:

But great news, 200,000 protesters in a city of 1 million inhabitants is something really big.

Luís Henrique
daleckian
21st March 2011, 06:50
PS: There were a lot of anarchist flags.

That ruined this whole thread for me
Geiseric
22nd March 2011, 02:23
That ruined this whole thread for me

jeez really? It's dissapointing that a good leftist political movement is growing in a capitalist country?
Reznov
22nd March 2011, 02:32
200,000.

Man, this is really inspiring. Show this to anyone who ever says the working class struggle is forever over under Capitalism.
DDR
22nd March 2011, 02:36
http://item.slide.com/r/1/0/i/S-Oq5gQE5j_A3G8XVtxVOKXnY5nsb59-/

Gotta love this one!

Ni pa'lante, ni pa'tras, ni pa'rriba, ni pa'bajo, AL CARAJO!!!
Mather
23rd March 2011, 22:32
That ruined this whole thread for me

If your not going to contribute to this thread, go away and take your petty sectarianism with you!
Proukunin
23rd March 2011, 22:43
amazing. this leads me to thoughts about months from now. Maybe the left can mobilize like this in all of the US. maybe..
DDR
23rd March 2011, 22:51
Now that the Portuguese president has resigned it's time for the Lusos to take the streets once again!
Mather
23rd March 2011, 23:27
Now that the Portuguese president has resigned it's time for the Lusos to take the streets once again!


The Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates (not President) has resigned after the Portuguese parliament voted against a severe austerity programme that his government wanted to implement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12841492

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/03/2011323204230958398.html