Portugal

For sale signs cover a piece of grass
Letters

Letters—Profit not Netflix to blame for unaffordable housing crisis

Kirstie Allsopp's hypocrisy on housing crisis
15 February 2022
Comment

Strategy of radical left has failed in Portugal 

Social democratic party wins in Portugal
31 January 2022
Climate activists in Portugal stand behind a banner on a demo
International

Portuguese left government falls after it fails the working class

Another blow for social democracy
05 November 2021
Amilcar Cabral—armed struggle and national liberation
Features

Amilcar Cabral—armed struggle and national liberation

Amilcar Cabral, a fighter for national independence and social change in one of Africa’s smallest countries, became an international hero in the 1960s. He remains an inspiration for many African socialists today.
16 October 2021
‘Left’ government in Portugal uses troops to break indefinite strike by fuel tanker drivers
International

‘Left’ government in Portugal uses troops to break indefinite strike by fuel tanker drivers

The Portuguese government – which some hail as a model of left wing success – has sent soldiers to drive tankers to break an indefinite strike.
14 August 2019
Workers across Europe strike back against austerity
International

Workers across Europe strike back against austerity

The economic and social policies pushed by the European Union (EU) are often described as a haven from inequality and crisis.
19 February 2019
Striking teachers defy the law in the US
International

Striking teachers defy the law in the US

Around 20,000 teachers and school workers in all 55 districts of the US state of West Virginia struck on Thursday and Friday of last week over pay and healthcare costs
27 February 2018
Can Portugal's government give us hope?
Comment

Can Portugal’s government give us hope?

What do the experiences of other left wing governments tell us about the possibilities for a future Jeremy Corbyn Labour government?
27 August 2017
Portugal’s left coalition wants cuts compromise
International

Portugal’s left coalition wants cuts compromise

Left wing parties were expected to form a government in Portugal this week. A vote of no confidence on Tuesday of last week brought down the shortest-lived government since Portugal’s revolution, lasting just 11 days.
17 November 2015
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International

Portuguese left pledges to topple government

Portugal’s president Anibal Cavaco Silva appointed right wing incumbent Pedro Passos Coelho as prime minister of a new minority government on Friday of last week.
27 October 2015
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International

Portuguese right loses its majority in election

Portugal’s right wing government lost its majority in parliament to parties of the left in a general election last Sunday. 
06 October 2015
Features

40 years since Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’

40 years after the Carnation Revolution, Sadie Robinson looks at a struggle that put workers’ power on the agenda
22 April 2014
Cuts create a crisis for rulers in Greece and Portugal
International

Cuts create a crisis for rulers in Greece and Portugal

European rulers continue to target the poor as they try to escape the eurozone crisis, writes Dave Sewell
09 July 2013
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International

Portugual’s workers set for general strike

A general strike against austerity looked set to shut down Portugal on Thursday of this week.
25 June 2013
European Union extends its austerity deadline to defuse fury
International

European Union extends its austerity deadline to defuse fury

 
04 June 2013
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Socialist Review Archive

Crisis and resistance in Portugal

Mark Bergfeld recently attended the congress of the Left Bloc in Portugal and witnessed the general strike there a few days later. Here, he argues that Portugal is currently experiencing its biggest social and political upheaval since the 1974-5 Revolution
01 December 2012
Europe rocked by general strikes in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Greece
News

Europe rocked by general strikes in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Greece

Workers walked out today in general strikes across Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece as well as parts of Belgium.
14 November 2012
General strike bites in cities across Spain and Portugal
International

General strike bites in cities across Spain and Portugal

The general strike against austerity began in Spain and Portugal in the middle of last night, with picket lines at bin, bus and post depots.
14 November 2012
Protests and strikes across Europe can beat austerity
News

Protests and strikes across Europe can beat austerity

Workers in Spain and Portugal planned to walk out in their first ever joint general strike on Wednesday of this week.
13 November 2012
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International

14 November will be a day of strikes across southern Europe

Millions of workers in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece are set to walk out together in less than two weeks time, in an unprecedented general strike across southern Europe.
30 October 2012
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Alex Callinicos

The debt crisis spreads from Greece across Europe

France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and—last but not least—Spain. A storm of anti-austerity protest has been sweeping through Europe.
02 October 2012
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International

Protest victory in Portugal

Mass protests have forced Portugal’s prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho to abandon an attack on workers’ wages.
25 September 2012
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News

Anti-austerity marchers take to the streets in Spain and Portugal

There were massive demonstrations against austerity in Spain and Portugal today (Saturday).
15 September 2012
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International

Huge strike hits Portugal as eurozone misery spreads

Portugal’s transport system was paralysed by a public sector general strike on Thursday of last week. Workers were taking action against labour reforms and austerity measures imposed by the country’s creditors.
27 March 2012