https://znetwork.org/category/place/europe/portugal/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:24:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/category/place/europe/portugal/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugals-general-strike/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugals-general-strike/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292694 December 11 saw a massive general strike in Portugal. This was not just a workplace dispute but a political strike, directed against the government’s planned labor reform. Trade unions widely see this as a devaluation of labor and a profound attack on labor rights — in short, a class offensive. The massive participation in the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugals-general-strike/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/towards-the-general-strike-in-portugal/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/towards-the-general-strike-in-portugal/#respond Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291875 The “Draft labour-law reform bill” (the so-called labour package) [1] is a set of more than one hundred regressive amendments to the Portuguese Labour Code presented by the Government of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the CDS – People’s Party (CDS-PP) [2], with the support of the Liberal Initiative (IL) and CHEGA, the far-right party. This package [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/towards-the-general-strike-in-portugal/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hard-questions-for-portugals-left-bloc-after-a-terrible-parliamentary-election/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hard-questions-for-portugals-left-bloc-after-a-terrible-parliamentary-election/#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1284831 The Left Bloc has achieved its worst result in its history in elections for the Assembly of the Republic. The Bloc faces these results with concern and intends to carry out an assessment that allows it to correct mistakes made, listen to all militants and also independent people, and mature an orientation that guarantees the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/hard-questions-for-portugals-left-bloc-after-a-terrible-parliamentary-election/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/when-the-future-was-now-prefigurative-politics-and-the-carnation-revolution/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/when-the-future-was-now-prefigurative-politics-and-the-carnation-revolution/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283246 Note from the editors The translation of this article by Raquel Varela and Roberta Della Santa began as a collaboration between Posle and LeftEast in 2024, marking the 50 year anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. We are publishing it now, in 2025, a year marking the independence of Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau as well as the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/when-the-future-was-now-prefigurative-politics-and-the-carnation-revolution/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugal-regenerative-heritage-grains-from-soil-to-bread/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugal-regenerative-heritage-grains-from-soil-to-bread/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:06:58 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282291 Where to find heritage grains likely to thrive in a Portuguese climate and soil conditions? This was the question asked by José da Camara Ruas, when he reached out to Seeds4All a year ago. A farmer in training at the Kalo Organic Agriculture College of Denmark, José told us about the farming project he had [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugal-regenerative-heritage-grains-from-soil-to-bread/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-lisbon-residents-seek-a-vote-on-banning-airbnb/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-lisbon-residents-seek-a-vote-on-banning-airbnb/#respond Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:58:07 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270630 António Melo has lived all his seventy-one years in Lisbon’s Alfama neighborhood. But after the owner sold the building to a tourist accommodation company, they refused to renew his contract. “I fear eviction at any moment,” Melo explains “[but] I have nowhere else to go.” His story has become common among the Portuguese capital’s 546,000 residents, who [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/in-lisbon-residents-seek-a-vote-on-banning-airbnb/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deviations-and-the-climate-justice-movement-in-search-of-a-winning-strategy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deviations-and-the-climate-justice-movement-in-search-of-a-winning-strategy/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:40:03 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1268673 0.1. Something is happening in the climate justice movement, and we are not being able to talk about it. There is quite some experimentation and self-criticism, but we are also at an impasse. Let’s talk about success and victory. 0.2. Historically, as the progressive forces criticized, updated and renewed themselves, they abandoned what was considered [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/deviations-and-the-climate-justice-movement-in-search-of-a-winning-strategy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/remembering-the-portuguese-revolution/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/remembering-the-portuguese-revolution/#respond Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:09:05 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265610 On 25 April 1974 the junior officers of the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) released a radio communique: ‘The Portuguese armed forces appeal to residents of the city of Lisbon to remain in their homes and remain in the utmost calm.’ But the workers of Lisbon didn’t stay at home. This was day one of the Portuguese [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/remembering-the-portuguese-revolution/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugals-carnation-revolution-fifty-years-later/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugals-carnation-revolution-fifty-years-later/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:54:02 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265413 For forty years I have been writing an article about each decade of the revolution of April 25, 1974 that brought democracy back to Portugal after 48 years of dictatorship. The analysis of interpretative or prospective priorities shows that over the years I have been faced with two resentments, one the major one, the other [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugals-carnation-revolution-fifty-years-later/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/covas-do-barroso-local-resistance-to-europes-lithium-race/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/covas-do-barroso-local-resistance-to-europes-lithium-race/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:46:31 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1263792 On first impression Covas do Barroso, nestled between green mountains in northern Portugal, is no more than a handful of stone houses gathered around the junction of two roads. The village, with around 150 inhabitants, has traditionally relied on livestock farming and agriculture for its local economy. But Covas do Barroso’s land is also valuable [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/covas-do-barroso-local-resistance-to-europes-lithium-race/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-far-right-in-portugal-the-impossible-is-about-to-happen/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-far-right-in-portugal-the-impossible-is-about-to-happen/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:44:44 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1263746 This week in the Portuguese elections, the far right surged to 18% of the vote while the two main parties collapsed to around 25% each. This is now a pattern across western democracies. The collapse in support of the centre left and centre right and the rise of the populist left and right forces. At [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-far-right-in-portugal-the-impossible-is-about-to-happen/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugal-three-reflections-on-an-uncertain-future/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugal-three-reflections-on-an-uncertain-future/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1263579 The results of the last general elections on March 10 call for a reading that goes beyond the froth of the results. The resounding victory of the right and extreme-right (133 seats in a parliament of 230 deputies) with the extreme-right being one of the largest in Europe in a country that until a few [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/portugal-three-reflections-on-an-uncertain-future/feed/ 0