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on 28 Apr 2015
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25 de Abril sempre!

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In Portugal April is the revolutionary month, it’s the month where the Carnation Revolution is celebrated, the military coup (bloodless, nevertheless) that overthrew the fascist regime long after a fascism was defeated in the World War II. It is and has always been an national holiday, you might say it’s the current regime’s “official holiday”, but because the coup was mostly inspired by left-wing ideals the Carnation Revolution is a very big part of the Portuguese left-wing mythology.

Each year there’s an alternative celebration of the holiday, where the true ideals of the revolution (as seen from the left-wing) are shouted over and over so they can be remembered, the expression “25 de Abril Sempre!” (roughly translated to “Always April 25th!”) is a gentle reminder of that. In the latest years, with the austerity and the bailout events like this and May Day became a perfect gathering for people to show their growing dissatisfaction, both party militants, always ready for an occasion to show up and wave their flags, and the regular everyday people that feels this might be the occasion to make themselves heard.

Some time ago this was what led me to photograph these events, which were happening more frequently than nowadays, so I found myself in the Faces of Protest, which covers some of the protests and rallies from late 2011 to 2013 (that correspond to the first years of the bailout), a project that I stopped for no other reason than I didn’t feel like doing anymore. Not until I revisited it last Saturday, as myself and Ruben walked down Liberty Avenue following this year’s march.

 

"The People"FUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/3.2, 1/1700 sec, ISO200)

People preparing for the march, with the ever present carnationFUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/4, 1/1900 sec, ISO800)

People preparing for the march, with the ever present carnationSONY DSC-RX100 (10.4mm, f/2.8, 1/640 sec, ISO125)

Carnation vendors are everywhereSONY DSC-RX100 (10.4mm, f/8, 1/640 sec, ISO800)

People preparing for the march, with the ever present carnationFUJIFILM X-E2 (55mm, f/4, 1/480 sec, ISO200)

People preparing for the march, with the ever present carnation. The selfie stick is a reminder we're in 2015FUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/3.2, 1/850 sec, ISO200)

An ice-cream vendor just at the start of the march, with Rui Tavares from Livre buying a water bottleFUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/4.5, 1/1600 sec, ISO800)

People participating in the march.FUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/4.5, 1/1100 sec, ISO800)

The march of the party Livre/Tempo de AvançarFUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/4, 1/160 sec, ISO800)

Lisboa_201520515FUJIFILM X-E2 (42.5mm, f/4, 1/900 sec, ISO800)

March of the left wing party Bloco de Esquerda. Unidos - United FUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/3.2, 1/3000 sec, ISO800)

The march of the party Livre/Tempo de AvançarFUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/4, 1/120 sec, ISO800)

March of the left wing party Bloco de Esquerda: giving away panfletsFUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/3.6, 1/1300 sec, ISO800)

March of the left wing party Bloco de Esquerda, a fake vault carrying panflets is pushed along.FUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/3.2, 1/1200 sec, ISO800)

People walking in the march.FUJIFILM X-E2 (31.5mm, f/4, 1/150 sec, ISO800)

March of the left wing party Bloco de Esquerda.FUJIFILM X-E2 (18mm, f/3.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO800)

Couple of militants of the Portuguese Communist PartySONY DSC-RX100 (10.4mm, f/2.5, 1/1000 sec, ISO800)

The march of the party Livre/Tempo de AvançarFUJIFILM X-E2 (28.9mm, f/4, 1/140 sec, ISO800)

Browse more photos from that day in my photo archive

 

Tags: 25 Abril, Carnation Revolution, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, protest, rally, street
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