Exactly! I mean, okay, even if recognize that #Israel lead a massive social media campaign and encouraged people to vote for Yuval, it's not prohibited. there are questions whether it's good, honest and so on, but it is not against the law. The same as voting twenty times for one country is not against the law. Like, I could have voted 20 times for my favorite, #Portugal. Or, as a Ukrainian, I could vote 20 times for #Ukraine because I have a French number and I live in France. Is that honest? Well… I won't judge. I think laws still need to be changed, but it's only my opinion. #Eurovision #ESC #ESC2025
"The old and new right-wing parties are amalgamating into a neoliberal and hyper-conservative ‘pleiad’ (social notables) that comprises neo-Christian fundamentalists, including Fatimists (a Catholic religious faction). The new desire to celebrate November 25 emerges from here. The latest extreme on the right is embodied in the anti-communism of IL (the Liberal Initiative) and the neo-fascism of Chega. The media normalizes it all as milquetoast ‘liberals’ rather than what they are – figures of the ‘radical / extreme right’. These groupings want to celebrate November 25 for what it was: a coup d’état against democracy at work, against the duality of popular power. In short, they want to celebrate the counter-revolution, the beginning of the end of the Revolution.
November 25 heralded Portugal’s reconstruction from a ‘national capitalism’ dependent on forced labour in its African colonies until 1974 to a subservient capitalism that is a de facto protectorate of the leading European power of Germany, France, and Britain. Portugal now helplessly depends on investments and capital goods from North America, Spain, China, and other countries.
The ostensible ‘democratic counter-revolution’ of 25 November 1975 is a central political event for understanding what happened in Portugal, and it was far less democratic and far more reactionary in its roots. As we rescue the authentic memory of the Carnation Revolution and lament its demise, no wonder Father Martins Júnior said in a piercing manner that what remains is “50 neo-fascists in the hemicycle 50 years after the April Revolution.”
The impossible became possible on that day 50 years ago. The dreams unleashed on April 25, 1974, neither have been vanquished nor fulfilled. The slogan could not be more urgent: April 25 forever, fascism never again!"
In an unmistakable style in the form of a provocative lecture in Lisbon in 2024, at the age of 84 Father Martins Júnior asked: “50 years later, what irony! There are 50 fascists, one for each year, in Parliament.
ℹEvent wrap-up: today a M5.2 #earthquake (#terramoto) hit #Amora (#Portugal) at 05:11:38 local time (UTC 04:11:38). Shaking was felt over 400km by approximately 8M people in Portugal, Morocco and Spain.
❌🌊RISK of TSUNAMI EXCLUDED Following the #earthquake (#terramoto) M5.4 occurred 79 km SW of #Setúbal (#Portugal) 5 min ago (local time 05:11:40). More info at the links provided below👇
#Earthquake (#terramoto) confirmed by seismic data.⚠Preliminary info: M5.1 || 74 km SW of #Setúbal (#Portugal) || 3 min ago (local time 05:11:38). Follow the thread for the updates👇
La abstención de la ultraderecha permite a los socialistas aprobar la rebaja del IVA de la electricidad en el Parlamento de #Portugal, que ahora el Gobierno del PSD deberá aplicar.
O Partido Socialista conseguiu ver aprovada no Parlamento a descida do IVA da eletricidade para os seis por cento, uma medida que deve abranger mais de três milhões de famílias. Mais uma conta de subtrair no orçamento do Governo de Luís Montenegro.
No 50 aniversário da Revolução dos Cravos a Comissão de História da Gentalha do Pichel (Santiago de Compostela) publica este cartaz de Álvaro Cunhal, secretário geral do Partido Comunista de Portugal na altura e uma das figuras chave no derrocamento da ditadura.
El nuevo Gobierno de #Portugal empieza en quinta: después de la bronca contra el ministro de Finanzas por anunciar como rebaja de impuestos lo que ya había presupuestado Costa, ahora el mismo ministerio debe suspender el fichaje como adjunta de una exdiputada del PSD acusada de sisar fondos europeos
