Revolution!
It's time for one and about 300 000 portuguese went out on the street to protest all over the country. I was there.
I think the last time that there was manifestation like this was about 40 years ago when the military and general people opposed to a dictatorship, we call it the carnations' revolution or simply 25th of April. So if now there's this many people out in the street complaining I guess things are really getting serious.
Just like in Egypt, the internet social network was extremely important to organize something like this, just in Facebook about 64 000 confirmed they'd go. It's scary how a simple site can make such a big difference.
It's named the Geração à Rasca (Tied Generation) manifest that doesn't hold on to a particular generation but to all the "unemployed, “five hundred-eurists” and other underpaid workers, disguised slaves, sub- and term-hired, fake independent workers, intermittent workers, trainees, scholarship holders, working students, students, mothers, fathers and sons of Portugal."
Well I'm not gonna bother you any longer with political details but I am going to show you how I took this as a great opportunity to take a lot of pictures (and just like me, there were soooo many photographers there that weren't related to the press and just wanted to be there to register and participate in this moment).
At the beginning there weren't many people in the street, at first I really thought that the manifestation would be a complete failure.
This guy has the f*ck the police look on his face xD
But soon there was a looot of people filling the avenue.
Come on, even Santa is tied up xD
My lomo camera really came in hand for this situation ^^
I'm so glad I have a lomo xD
I was surprised that kids and even babies were there. I think there were whole families participating, from grandparents to grandchildren.
"Stealing millions and paying pennies." Sometimes I wonder how our politicians sleep well at night.
It's not our biggest plaza but the 200 000 that participated in Lisbon didn't fit there at all, they were still at the avenue.
This is just one of the best pictures I ever took and the picture that sums up what happened that day. We went there peacefully and friendly, there were no complications with the police at all and we yelled and clapped to show how much we are fed up with corrupt politicians. I think the announcement of a new economic growth plan the day before triggered these huge adhesion. It's our first step to get out of this crisis let's hope it will get us somewhere.
And Japan... I'm slowly dying inside as the news develop. I look at the devastation and sometimes a tear escapes my eye and the nuclear caos above that... I'm wordless. Right now I'm affraid to turn on the tv.
I think the last time that there was manifestation like this was about 40 years ago when the military and general people opposed to a dictatorship, we call it the carnations' revolution or simply 25th of April. So if now there's this many people out in the street complaining I guess things are really getting serious.
Just like in Egypt, the internet social network was extremely important to organize something like this, just in Facebook about 64 000 confirmed they'd go. It's scary how a simple site can make such a big difference.
It's named the Geração à Rasca (Tied Generation) manifest that doesn't hold on to a particular generation but to all the "unemployed, “five hundred-eurists” and other underpaid workers, disguised slaves, sub- and term-hired, fake independent workers, intermittent workers, trainees, scholarship holders, working students, students, mothers, fathers and sons of Portugal."
Well I'm not gonna bother you any longer with political details but I am going to show you how I took this as a great opportunity to take a lot of pictures (and just like me, there were soooo many photographers there that weren't related to the press and just wanted to be there to register and participate in this moment).
At the beginning there weren't many people in the street, at first I really thought that the manifestation would be a complete failure.
This guy has the f*ck the police look on his face xD
But soon there was a looot of people filling the avenue.
Come on, even Santa is tied up xD
My lomo camera really came in hand for this situation ^^
I'm so glad I have a lomo xD
I was surprised that kids and even babies were there. I think there were whole families participating, from grandparents to grandchildren.
"Stealing millions and paying pennies." Sometimes I wonder how our politicians sleep well at night.
It's not our biggest plaza but the 200 000 that participated in Lisbon didn't fit there at all, they were still at the avenue.
This is just one of the best pictures I ever took and the picture that sums up what happened that day. We went there peacefully and friendly, there were no complications with the police at all and we yelled and clapped to show how much we are fed up with corrupt politicians. I think the announcement of a new economic growth plan the day before triggered these huge adhesion. It's our first step to get out of this crisis let's hope it will get us somewhere.
And Japan... I'm slowly dying inside as the news develop. I look at the devastation and sometimes a tear escapes my eye and the nuclear caos above that... I'm wordless. Right now I'm affraid to turn on the tv.