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Published in: 50.50: FeatureUplifting the creativity of Black queer people in Leeds, Lisbon and beyondJesu Lopes explains why he set up ‘The Blacker The Berry’ and how it’s helping the wider Black community
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisPortuguese courts vs the racist Chega partyThe Portuguese judicial system faces a crucial test: will it use laws outlawing racist and fascist organisations to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOn holiday in sunny, sensible Portugal, I realised England is bad, actuallyThe Portuguese use masks to keep COVID at bay, while the English rely on nostalgia and a misguided sense of national...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhat Portugal can teach us about the far RightUnless progressive social movements challenge the shortcomings of liberal democracy, the appeal of ‘anti-system’...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPortugal, colonialism and racial justice – From denial to reparationWith the growth of the anti-racist movement in Portugal, our entire national narrative is being challenged,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?National stereotypes in times of COVID-19: the ‘frugal four’ and the ‘irresponsible South’When EU leaders discuss the coronavirus Recovery Fund at the upcoming meeting of the European Council on Friday,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Replenished grocery stores tomorrow rely on migrants’ work todayAny attempt to exert a pull factor on workers from other sectors currently made jobless by the virus into...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?25 April in Italy and Portugal: revisionism, populism, and commemorationsBoth countries have seen a similar pattern of attacks on the Carnation revolution as a divisive symbol, in the name...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionLuanda Leaks and the limits of liberalism: can anti-corruption work?Critique of corruption must explicitly disrupt corporate globalism, imperialism, racism, authoritarianism,...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionPortugal’s complacency towards corruptionInstitutional corruption and institutional racism have gone hand-in-hand in Portugal’s establishment enablement of...
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Published in: 50.50Meet Fado Bicha, Portugal’s queer anti-racist feminist musiciansThe music group is rewriting traditional Portuguese fado songs into anti-discrimination anthems for 2019 – and has a...
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Published in: HomePortugal as a strategic target of the far rightPortugal, from the point of view of the international far right, is the weak link for its attack on the European Union.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWe need leaders, but not just any leadersThe greatest danger to our security does not come from refugees looking for a better life, but from politicians who...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSophia de Mello Breyner: when art is not free, people are not freePoetry is a form of resistance against indignity. The responsibility of the writer is not only to interpret life,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Gentrification in Porto: will the city turn into a hotel?Tourism is booming in Portugal, but so is housing speculation. Gentrification has been causing the displacement of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The European Court of Justice as a bastion of democracy and rule of lawThe crucial role of the ECJ appears even more important in present times, when things taken forgranted, such as...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Portugal’s eurozone reform proposals can renew social democracyAdding a surgically applied layer of European Keynesianism to the euro’s ordoliberal rules at once offers a solution...
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Published in: HomeGene Sharp: freedom is out of the bottleDictators will sleep better now that Gene Sharp has left. But as long as people are not afraid of dictatorships,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Antonio Guterres and the world as it isThe role of the UN Secretary-General is the most difficult job in the world. But it gets worse when the President of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How Mario Centeno could change EuropeMário Centeno is going to Brussels to defend an alternative to austerity. But reshaping the European Union will...
