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Anti-austerity movement in Portugal

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The 12 March Movement, as others created after the Geração à Rasca protest, is still very active in several political and civic actions. After the demonstration "people discovered that they have 'a voice', they are more conscientious and more aware to political issues". Civil "society more alive and
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A number of musical acts in Portugal had been involved in protest actions against the austerity measures at the beginning of the crisis. Music addressing Portugal's political situation became a part of local and national political protest narratives, which found music playing an important role in
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On 15 April 2011, the initial organizers of the Geração à Rasca protest created the 12 March Movement. This small group of young people gathered with other activists to create a movement with the objective to "Make every citizen a politician", a sentence from the Portuguese Nobel Prize winner
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against the usual suspects. Hundreds broke through a police cordon around the parliament in Lisbon to occupy its broad marble staircase, where a popular assembly took place. About 20,000 people also rallied in
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A Facebook event and a blog, created by a group of friends—Alexandre de Sousa Carvalho, João Labrincha and Paula Gil—were the starting point.
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Various protest songs addressing the precarious situation in Portugal during the crisis were performed in Portugal.
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were influenced by the Portuguese events, which in turn incited new activity in Portugal.
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with a song about the "joy of the struggle", emulating social protests of the 1960s.
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protests in Portugal—as they have since the Portuguese Revolution culminating in the
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Among this music was traditional Portuguese music and instruments including
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alone. Events also occurred in several other Portuguese cities, including
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resigned when new austerity measures failed to pass in the Parliament.
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That Which Is Said By Not Saying: Deolinda’s Innocuous Revolution
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and labour rights. They were the biggest events since the 1974
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and organized without support from political parties or
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Anti-austerity protests in Portugal
European sovereign debt crisis

15 October 2011
Portugal
Austerity
Anti-austerity protests
European Union
Greece
Ireland
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
Left Bloc
Podemos
Solidarity
Syriza
Five Star Movement
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economic crisis
Carnation Revolution
trades unions

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