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TheRedAnarchist23
16th February 2013, 20:26
On this day, 16 of February, there was a demonstration against the PSD-CDS government and their right-wing policy. It was organized by the CGTP.
I attended, and took pictures. I will let the pictures reveal to you what the demonstration was like.
All pictures were taken by me, with my camera.

Jerónimo de Sousa, the general secretary of the PCP, also attended:

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10203http://www.revleft.com/vb/album.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10203

The demonstration was supposed to start at 15:00, but of course it only started at 15:30:

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10184

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10186

"This government lives above my income"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10185

"Passos, Portas, out!"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10188

"Lisboa. The values of April in the future of Portugal"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10189

"Government out!"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10190

"There is no pacifism that can take this bastard!"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10191

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10193

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10192

http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10195

"Syndicalist? UGT: One Big Traitor!"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10194

"IMF Hunger+Misery+Taxes = Thieves!"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10200

"For many years we have had in power incompetents, liars, and submissive politicians, whose right-wing politics have resulted in this: Unemployment, fear, misery, and death! We must turn left, with new representatives"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10199

"The government is destroying the country and reducing to tatters the effort of generations!"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10198

"Troika and government, out!"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10205

"We will not pay your crisis!"
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10206

The poster of a future demonstration, to be held in 2 of march. It is organised by the people on the internet, no syndicates.
http://www.revleft.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=1244&pictureid=10207


Please tell me if there are any problems with the pictures.
Luís Henrique
17th February 2013, 18:25
It is organised by the people on the internet, no syndicates unions.

Fixed for you.

Luís Henrique
TheRedAnarchist23
18th February 2013, 22:56
Fixed for you.

We don't have a word for union in portuguese, we have a word for syndicate.
La Guaneña
18th February 2013, 23:11
We don't have a word for union in portuguese, we have a word for syndicate.

Union quer dizer sindicato, companheiro.
TheRedAnarchist23
20th February 2013, 20:18
Union quer dizer sindicato, companheiro.

Eu sei, só que eu quando quero escrever sindicato em inglês escrevo "syndicate" e não "union" porque é mais próximo do portugues.
Luís Henrique
22nd February 2013, 10:39
Eu sei, só que eu quando quero escrever sindicato em inglês escrevo "syndicate" e não "union" porque é mais próximo do portugues.

O problema é que "syndicate" quer dizer truste, cartel.

Luís Henrique
Delenda Carthago
23rd February 2013, 19:08
Why all the slogans are targeting the government? What are the politics of the CGTP?
TheRedAnarchist23
2nd March 2013, 20:28
Why all the slogans are targeting the government?

There are also those targetting the troika and capital, but you chose to ignore those.


What are the politics of the CGTP?

Portuguese style communists. In other words radical social-democrats.
Delenda Carthago
3rd March 2013, 18:22
There are also those targetting the troika and capital, but you chose to ignore those.



A lot of aggression there! Relax! Maybe you forgot to post those pictures or translate them, but from the things you translated, I only see antigovernment slogans and, indeed, some anti troika. But no anticapitalist ones.

And thats explainable. As you say, they are



radical social-democrats.


The question is, why you feel like you have to defend them so hard?