(en) Portugal, Colectivo Libertario Evora: For a May 1 fight and battle! (pt)

Tomorrow, May 1st, many anarchists, again, will take to the streets across the country in 
demonstrations own or joining the demonstrations called by other collectives or other 
associations of workers. Anyway, this is a day of struggle and revolutionary statement in 
tribute to the dead anarchists in Chicago at the hands of the State. In recent years, 
Set?bal has been the point of concentration, this day, for many libertarian and 
anti-authoritarian doing Sado city, on the 1st May, a space of struggle and fight against 
capitalism. Also this year will be one for sure. But wherever we are is the important 
thing is expressing our indignation and show that it is possible another fairer and more 
egalitarian. ---- The latest economic data, lead by the Constitutional Court of some 
measures which were in the state budget and its replacement by cuts in various sectors, 
but especially in the Education, Health and Social Support foresee an economic 
accentuating the difficulties of the poor, the After many months in a row to tighten their 
belts and with successive cuts in their income, are totally debilitated and economically 
no choice but to remain in the acting, organized and strong resistance to joint offensive 
of the state and employers.

The austerity has led to growing unemployment and precariousness that already reaches most 
Portuguese workers. The real unemployment now exceeds 20 percent and the number of 
unemployed, without any social support is steadily increasing.

While this drama is spreading to large sectors of Portuguese society, political parties 
remain entertained with local elections scheduled for later this summer, touting 
candidates and programs are always more of the same - a perfect uselessness, mostly, 
exchanging popular aspirations of well being and happiness for seats in return for 
political favors, corruption and nepotism.

If that were not enough, the parties of the left system, PCP and BE and some sectors of 
the PS seem possessed of a malady and the only solution that comes to the "crisis" is the 
resignation of the government and call for elections. Entangled in this jig-plays 
electioneering, in a speech blocked and stuck, PCP, BE and some movements associated with 
them, such as What is Sand Troika, make the game PS already hastens to return to power - 
whether now or in 2015, it is anticipated that the next Parliament elections.

Despite the little electoral weight they have in society, PCP and BE, but especially the 
communists, caught in a nationalist discourse patrioteiro, with few differences from the 
discourse of the extreme right as the defense of "national independence", still retain 
influence zones important in the labor movement, paralyzing him and depleting its ability 
to fight in little ridiculous, as are the manifestations listed without purpose, just to 
show they are "alive", and strikes a day or a few hours, only wear workers and do not 
bring any advantage.

Against this background - and being the libertarian movement and anti-authoritarian 
minority still in Portugal - urges focus efforts on creating spaces where the fight is 
more radicalized, creative and where they can gain visible: creating committees against 
evictions; advance occupations whether collective or individual spaces; encourage wildcat 
strikes and successive acts of civil disobedience, etc. ..

Only daring new forms of struggle and showing that through direct action, self-management 
struggles and mutual-aid you can win, we can create the conditions for returning the 
anarcho-syndicalism and anarchist organization of workers on the agenda.

For a May 1st libertarian and emancipatory!

No manifestations of make-believe!

RT (Libertarian Collective ?vora)

here:http://colectivolibertarioevora.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/acc3a7c3a3o-directa-6.pdf