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Grândola Vila Morena: 2nd of March

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Julius Gavroche

On March the 2nd, a million and a half people in portugal filled the cities’ streets to the music of Zeca Afonso’s Grandola Vila Morena.  The song thus resonates from a historical moment in the country’s imaginary, the Revolution of … Continue reading →

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The Dream of a Revolution: “Bom Povo Português” of Rui Simões

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

In the echo of protests in Portugal this last weekend (15/09), memories and possibilities from the past reappear, take on physical form, masks to reassume and modify for a utopian politics of the present.  The testimony/intervention of Robert Kramer with … Continue reading →

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Fuck the Troika! We want our lives

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

A million people took the streest and squares of Portugal’s cities yesterday in a display of indignation against continuing policies of mass layoffs, salary and pension reductions, tax increases, cuts to public services and the like, all to satisfy the … Continue reading →

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The art of revolution/Revolutionary art: Robert Kramer and the portuguese revolution

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Robert Kramer's Scenes from the Class Struggles in Portugal (1977) remains an extraordinarily powerful film.  Committed ideologically to the revolutionary process unleashed by the coup d'état on April 25th, 1974, Kramer rejects any pretensions to neutrality.  The film is not … Continue reading →

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Lessons from an Okupation: São Lázaro 94

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

On the 25th of April, building number 94, São Lázaro Street, in Lisbon was okupied.  The okupation was brought to an end on the 31st of May, by order of the city government.  Dozens of municipal police were mobilised for … Continue reading →

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15M: A Cartography of the Spanish Revolution 37

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Julius Gavroche

Novas e video das “acampadas” nos estados unidos … centenas detidos em N.Y./News and video video from the occupations in the U.S. … hundreds arrested in N.Y. …

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