Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
Manifestação Lisboa 14 de Novembro de 2012
Isto está a ficar bonito... Eis algumas das reportagens e imagens em directo que passaram na TV e um excerto do programa "Opinião Pública" da SIC Notícias (os argumentos dados por alguns dos ouvintes, nomeadamente o segundo, são válidos, lógicos e muito interessantes):
Occupy Cal
Then there were tents and there were bulldozers:
Next there were books made to look like tents:
Now there are flying tents and helium ballons:
I wonder what's next... Life on campus just keeps getting more and more exciting!!
Occupy Berkeley...
...has cleared Downtown but the chalk is still on the pavement.
Where have all the old men with beards gone to?
And what will they do to all those signs?
Occupy San Francisco
The Wall Street Protest spreads to downtown San Francisco...
and Americans do have peculiar ways of protesting...
This time in english
'People's well-being has taken second place to financial matters,' protester says
"LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal's disgruntled Facebook generation, inspired by a pop song, marched in a dozen cities Saturday to vent its frustration at grim career prospects amid an acute economic crisis that shows no sign of abating.
Some 30,000 people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, crammed into Lisbon's main downtown avenue, called onto the streets by a social media campaign that harnessed a broad sense of disaffection. Local media reported thousands more attended simultaneous protests at 10 other cities nationwide.
A banner at the front of the Lisbon march said, "Our country is in dire straits." Another said, "We are the future." The Lisbon march was festive and raucous, featuring brass bands, drum combos and small children with balloons. Middle-aged parents also turned out.javascript:void(0)
Portugal, western Europe's poorest country, is producing the best-qualified generation in its history, thanks to big investments in education.
But after a decade of feeble economic growth and a huge debt burden that has forced the government to enact crippling austerity measures, Portugal's economy can't deliver the opportunities that trained young people are seeking.
The jobless rate stands at a record 11.2 percent, and half the unemployed are under 35. In the third quarter of last year, 68,500 college graduates were idle - a 6.5 percent increase on the same quarter the previous year, according to the National Statistics Institute.
Like Greece and Ireland, other debt-heavy European countries, analysts say Portugal is on the verge of needing an international bailout that would prevent its financial collapse but doom it to more years of recession.
"People's well-being has taken second place to financial matters," said Luis Santos, a 28-year-old out of work since graduating from Lisbon University three years ago. Most of his old college friends also are finding it hard to get on the career ladder. "It's hard to come across anyone who's happy about their prospects," he said.
Portugal's youth isn't just angry at unemployment but at "underemployment" - low paid, dead-end jobs beneath their levels of qualification - which leaves them stuck at home with their parents into their 30s.
Goncalo Montenegro, 45, was at the Lisbon march with his 14-year-old son. He works as a salesman but said he is worried about his son's future. "We're passing on this mess and our debt to the next generation," he said. "We have to find a different path."
Four college graduates in their 20s were inspired to organize the unprecedented protests after a pop song struck a chord with their despairing generation.
The song, called "What a fool I am" by Portuguese band Deolinda, was an unexpected hit in January, even though it hadn't been released yet. An amateur video of a concert performance of the song posted on YouTube went viral as it set a generation's simmering grievances to music.
The song's lyrics, including the lines "I can't go on like this/This situation's dragged on for too long," built into a battle cry.
Joao Labrincha, a 27-year-old unemployed graduate from Coimbra University, said he and three friends took a spontaneous decision to organize the marches after seeing the video.
"We realized that lots of people are unhappy. It wasn't just us," Labrincha told The AP. Within weeks, thousands had signed up to their Facebook page and commented on their blog.
The protest's manifesto said it wasn't targeting the country's embattled government, though many banners at the Lisbon march chided politicians. The demonstration's aim is to make people aware they have to pull together to change the country's course.
"We are protesting so that all those to blame for our current uncertainty - politicians, employers and even ourselves - might unite and quickly change this situation, which has become intolerable," the manifesto says.
After contracting in 2009, Portugal is forecast to record a double-dip recession this year.
Portugal's current economic plight stems from its inability to generate wealth while amassing massive public and private debt to finance its western European lifestyle."
Geração à Rasca
Este sábado fui à minha primeira manifestação. Após o fenómeno criado pela música dos Deolinda "Parva que sou", apresentada pela primeira vez nos coliseus do Porto e de Lisboa no final do mês de Janeiro, surgiu no facebook um movimento que teve imensa adesão e que marcou manifestações em várias cidades do país para protestar contra a precariedade da "geração à rasca" dos sub 20 e sub 30 (e não só, que o país está todo à rasca).
Em Lisboa, a manifestação estava marcada para as 3 da tarde mas meia hora antes já se viam as televisões a entrevistar pessoas de todas as idades que subiam a avenida da liberdade em direcção ao marquês para protestarem.
E como se pode ver "a luta continua quando o povo sai à rua"... Ficam aqui alguns dos cartazes originalíssimos e hilariantes que se podiam ver a multidão a carregar pela rua fora.
as novas notas de 500 EUR
um maço de tabaco precário que saiu à rua para lutar
desemprecários
o cartaz (cor-de-rosa!!) que encontrei encostado a um canto
recibos verdes em protesto contra o zé sócrates
E à rasquinha como nós estamos, se a situação não muda, qualquer dia o que nos espera é mesmo virar pedinte ou sem-abrigo.
um sem-abrigo a ver a manifestação a passar
dois pedintes bem-humorados a pedir dinheiro para cerveja, vinho,
whisky e para a ressaca
A manifestação caminhou pela avenida da liberdade fora e subiu até ao camões, mas como os homens da luta ficaram a fazer a festa junto ao d. pedro IV muitas das pessoas acabaram mesmo por voltar ao rossio. A multidão só dispersou no fim do dia quando já estava a escurecer e desatou a chover. Aqui ficam algumas fotos da caminhada em direcção ao camões e da imensidade de gente descontente que existe neste país.
Será que é desta que o sócrates se decide a deixar de nos ignorar?
One more protest song
I wonder why Portuguese are so dissatisfied lately... Has to have something to do with the crisis or whatever.
Here is another extremely humorous song about the current political situation in Portugal. It's hilarious to think that this was the winning song for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
Portugal sends “Homens Da Luta – Luta é Alegria” to Düsseldorf
THE MEN OF THE STRUGGLE - "THE STRUGGLE IS JOY"
"Sometimes you find yourself feeling blue
Sometimes you find yourself feeling wary
Sometimes you find yourself feeling alarmed
Sometimes you find yourself feeling despair
By day or by night
The struggle is joy
And the people moves forward shouting out on the street!
Of little use is the belt always tight
Of little use is nagging around
Of little use is always looking sullen
Of little use is anger for helping you
By day or by night
Struggle is joy
And the people moves forward shouting out on the street!
Bring on the bread, bring on the cheese, bring on the wine
Come old man, come young man and little boy
Come celebrate this situation
And let us sing against reaction!
Bring on the bread, bring on the cheese, bring on the wine
Come on old man, come on young man and little boy
There are plenty of people warning: watch out
There are plenty of people wanting to shut you up
There are plenty of people leaving you resentful
There are plenty of people selling you air itself
By day or by night
Struggle is joy
And the people moves forward shouting out on the street!
Bring on the bread, bring on the cheese, bring on the wine
Come old man, come young man and little boy
Come celebrate this situation
And let us sing against reaction!
Bring on the bread, bring on the cheese, bring on the wine
Come on old man, come on young man and little boy"
Here is another extremely humorous song about the current political situation in Portugal. It's hilarious to think that this was the winning song for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
"After an excruciatingly long national final, Portugal has chosen Homens Da Luta as their representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. After all 20 juries, from the Portuguese regions, had attributed points to their favourites Homens Da Luta were far from winning the competition (6 points from the juries), but the televote largely favoured them. In the combined result they won with a margin of just one point in front of Nuno Norte and his song “São os Barcos de Lisboa”.
Homens da Luta (english possible translation: The Men of the Struggle) is a Portuguese improvisational comedy and musical street show, composed by Vasco Duarte (Falâncio) and Jel (Neto). Their songs are a parody of songs sung at the time of the post- 1974 democratic revolution, and the characters played are caricatures of the revolutionary singers of that time. They often use the term struggle to invoke the slogans that became famous during the revolutionary era, slogans such as “a luta continua” (english possible translation: “the struggle must go on”).
Their song “A Luta é Alegria” could be translated into “The Struggle is Joy”. Homens Da Luta had also participated in the 2010 Portuguese national final, but had to be disqualified as their song had been release before the deadline set by the EBU."
Homens da Luta (english possible translation: The Men of the Struggle) is a Portuguese improvisational comedy and musical street show, composed by Vasco Duarte (Falâncio) and Jel (Neto). Their songs are a parody of songs sung at the time of the post- 1974 democratic revolution, and the characters played are caricatures of the revolutionary singers of that time. They often use the term struggle to invoke the slogans that became famous during the revolutionary era, slogans such as “a luta continua” (english possible translation: “the struggle must go on”).
Their song “A Luta é Alegria” could be translated into “The Struggle is Joy”. Homens Da Luta had also participated in the 2010 Portuguese national final, but had to be disqualified as their song had been release before the deadline set by the EBU."
"Sometimes you find yourself feeling blue
Sometimes you find yourself feeling wary
Sometimes you find yourself feeling alarmed
Sometimes you find yourself feeling despair
By day or by night
The struggle is joy
And the people moves forward shouting out on the street!
Of little use is the belt always tight
Of little use is nagging around
Of little use is always looking sullen
Of little use is anger for helping you
By day or by night
Struggle is joy
And the people moves forward shouting out on the street!
Bring on the bread, bring on the cheese, bring on the wine
Come old man, come young man and little boy
Come celebrate this situation
And let us sing against reaction!
Bring on the bread, bring on the cheese, bring on the wine
Come on old man, come on young man and little boy
There are plenty of people warning: watch out
There are plenty of people wanting to shut you up
There are plenty of people leaving you resentful
There are plenty of people selling you air itself
By day or by night
Struggle is joy
And the people moves forward shouting out on the street!
Bring on the bread, bring on the cheese, bring on the wine
Come old man, come young man and little boy
Come celebrate this situation
And let us sing against reaction!
Bring on the bread, bring on the cheese, bring on the wine
Come on old man, come on young man and little boy"
A todos os escravos da minha geração
Reaction to the premiere of the protest song "Parva que sou" performed by Deolinda in a concert at Oporto Coliseum on January 22th 2011. Already being called the anthem of a generation. Sadly, mine...
"I am of the generation without remuneration
and this condition does not even bother me.
what a fool l am!
Because this is bad and it will go on,
I am already lucky to be a trainee.
what a fool l am!
And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study.
I am of the generation stay-home-with-mum-and-dad
if I already have everything, why ask for more?
what a fool l am!
Children, husband, I keep putting them off
and I still have to pay off the car,
what a fool l am!
And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study.
I am of the generation complain-what-for?
there is someone worse than me on TV.
what a fool l am!
I am of the generation I-have-had-enough
this-situation-has-been-lasting-far-too-long!
And I am not a fool!!!
And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study."
DEOLINDA - "WHAT A FOOL I AM"
"I am of the generation without remuneration
and this condition does not even bother me.
what a fool l am!
Because this is bad and it will go on,
I am already lucky to be a trainee.
what a fool l am!
And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study.
I am of the generation stay-home-with-mum-and-dad
if I already have everything, why ask for more?
what a fool l am!
Children, husband, I keep putting them off
and I still have to pay off the car,
what a fool l am!
And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study.
I am of the generation complain-what-for?
there is someone worse than me on TV.
what a fool l am!
I am of the generation I-have-had-enough
this-situation-has-been-lasting-far-too-long!
And I am not a fool!!!
And I keep thinking,
what a silly world
where to be a slave one must study."
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