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Politics, according to Bismarck's definition, is discussed every week with a critical sense and a good dose of sarcasm by Antonio Saraiva, Luis Osorio and

The coordinator of the Bloco de Esquerda revealed today that on Wednesday the party will propose the implementation of a four-day work week, the restoration of...

Eric Toussaint — What is certain is that if we do not try to build a powerful international movement against the far right, the latter is likely to continue its advance and become emboldened.

The article presented below was published to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. It explains how the Socialist Party and the Communist Party of Portugal, assisted by pseudo-left groups that served as appendages to the main labour bureaucracies, were responsible for its defeat.

This week sees the 50th anniversary of the Portuguese “Carnation” Revolution that erupted in 1974 and was finally tamed in 1976 with the election of a government led by Soares from the Socialist Party(SP). The moderate SP consolidated many reforms won in the previous two years but also restored the capitalist order.

The opposition has criticised the IRS reduction measures announced by the prime minister, converging on the idea that it will translate into only a few euros...

The accommodation centre for homeless people in the north wing of the former Military Maintenance, in Beato, has been operating since Thursday, replacing the...

“Faced with the rise of the far right and the announcement of a radicalized right-wing government, the left has a dual mission: to organise the struggle against the new government and to present a credible alternative.”

The Democratic Alliance (AD) won the early elections on Sunday, with Chega and Livre also having a very successful night.

In Setubal, the IL leader asked for a clear majority for his party and for the Christian Democratic Party, which brings together the PSD, CDS-PP and PPM,