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Vigil in Lisbon commemorates victims of Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip

The thousands of Palestinian dead victimised by Israel's barbaric aggression against the Gaza Strip were commemorated yesterday, 3 November, at a vigil held in Lisbon's Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, on the initiative of the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP-IN), the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (MPPM), and the youth association Projecto Ruído.

Hundreds of people took part in the initiative, which began with the placing of 8,000 Palestinian flags on the lawn, which was the number of victims at the time the initiative was called, a number that has unfortunately already been far exceeded.

400 candles made up the word PEACE, which was the dominant theme of the speeches of the four speakers': an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian assistance and peace for the region.

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Sábado, 4 Novembro, 2023 - 21:30

A large demonstration in Lisbon against the aggression against the Palestinian people

Neither the silence nor the disinformation of the media can deny this obvious fact: many thousands of people took part in the large demonstration "Peace in the Middle East, Independent Palestine!" on Sunday 29 October, saying "No to War, No to the Massacre!"

Responding to a call from the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP-IN) and the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (MPPM), and joined by many other organisations and collectives, people marched between Martim Moniz Square and City Square in Lisbon to demand an end to Israel's genocidal attack on the Palestinian people, shouting "Peace Yes, War No!", "Peace in the Middle East, Independent Palestine!", "Gaza is not a Prison, Massacre and Siege No!" and, above all, "Palestine Will Win!"

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Segunda, 30 Outubro, 2023 - 12:30

Vila Nova de Gaia hosts 3rd Meeting for Peace

On 28 October 2023, around 800 people attended the 3rd Meeting for Peace promoted by the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) and 12 other organisations and entities, namely the MPPM, the Vila Nova de Gaia, Évora and Setúbal City Councils, the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers - National Trade Union (CGTP-IN), the Catholic Workers' Youth (JOC); the National Teachers' Federation (FENPROF); the Portuguese Confederation of Cultural, Recreational and Sports Organisations (CPCCRD); the Portuguese Catholic Work for Migrations (OCPM); Municípios pela Paz (Municipalities for Peace); the Women's Democratic Movement (MDM); and the Union of Portuguese Anti-Fascist Resistants (URAP).

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Domingo, 29 Outubro, 2023 - 10:00

Demonstration for Peace and Palestine brings together hundreds in Porto

With around three hundred people taking part, a new public event "For Peace in the Middle East and for the rights of the Palestinian people" took place at 6pm on 26 October in Palestine Square, Porto.  The event was organised by the Porto Confederation of Trade Unions (USP-CGTP), the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), and the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (MPPM).

The speakers were Tiago Oliveira, coordinator of the USP and member of the National Council of CGTP/IN, José António Gomes, member of the National Board of the MPPM, Palestinian student Nur Latif, and Ilda Figueiredo, President of the National Board of the CPPC.  Joana Machado was responsible for the introduction and conclusion of the event, as well as for the presentation of the speakers.

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Sexta, 27 Outubro, 2023 - 13:00

Thousands fill Martim Moniz Square to demand end to Gaza aggression

Protests against the Israeli aggression on Gaza and in solidarity with the Palestinian people were once again heard yesterday, 18 October, in Lisbon's Martim Moniz Square, shouted by thousands of people who responded to the call from the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP-IN), and the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (MPPM), joined by other organisations and collectives.

Inês Caeiro, from the yourth association Projecto Ruído, contextualised the situation and introduced the different speakers.

The first speaker was João Coelho, a member of the National Council of CGTP-IN, followed by Dima Mohammed, a Palestinian researcher at NOVA-FCSH.

Carlos Almeida, vice-president of the National Board of MPPM, spoke before Rui Garcia, vice-president of the National Board of CPPC.

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Quinta, 19 Outubro, 2023 - 15:00

Public demonstration in Porto for an end to the aggression against the Palestinian people

 

Yesterday, 17 October, around a hundred people took part in a public demonstration entitled "For peace in the Middle East and for the Rights of the Palestinian People" in Praceta da Palestina, Porto.  This public event was organised by the Porto Confederation of Trade Unions (USP), the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), and the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (MPPM).

The speakers were Tiago Oliveira, coordinator of USP and member of the National Council of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP/IN), José António Gomes, member of the National Board of MPPM, and Ilda Figueiredo, President of the National Board of CPPC.  Joana Machado was responsible for the introduction and conclusion of the event, as well as for the presentation of the speakers.

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Quarta, 18 Outubro, 2023 - 13:53

"Life only rhymes with freedom", by Carlos Almeida

We teach life, sir.
We Palestinians teach life after they have occupied the last sky.
We teach life after they have built their settlements and apartheid walls, after the last skies.
We teach life, sir.
...
We teach life, sir.
We Palestinians wake up every morning to teach the rest of the world life, sir.

This is where I want to start, dear friends, with the words of the Palestinian poet Rafeef Ziahad.

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Quinta, 12 Outubro, 2023 - 21:30

Hundreds show solidarity with Palestine in Lisbon

MPPM, CPPC and CGTP-IN organised yesterday a public demonstration in Lisbon's Praça Martim Moniz in solidarity with the Palestinian people, for their right to resist occupation, for recognition of their inalienable rights to a free, independent and sovereign homeland, for the right of refugees to return, and also for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.

Many hundreds of people, including a significant representation of the Palestinian community and migrant communities, responded to the call and listened to speeches by Dinis Lourenço (CGTP-IN), Carlos Almeida (MPPM) and Ilda Figueiredo (CPPC), with a presentation by José Pinho (Projecto Ruído).

We would like to remind you of MPPM's statement that accompanied the call for this Public Act:

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Quinta, 12 Outubro, 2023 - 20:45

MPPM warns that peace in Palestine and the Middle East is only possible if the national rights of the Palestinian people are recognized

The actions unleashed in Gaza and Israel this morning prove — as the MPPM has repeatedly warned — that it is not possible to have peace in Palestine and, consequently, in the Middle East, by continuing to trample on the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and persisting in maintaining the colonial occupation and the violence of the military forces and settlers.

1. At 6:30 this morning (4:30 in Lisbon), activists from Palestinian resistance organizations launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, in what they have dubbed "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" and which they claim is a response to the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the increase in settler violence.

The operation comes after thousands of settlers made provocative visits to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem in recent days. It also follows a major increase in Israeli settler violence against Palestinians.

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Sábado, 7 Outubro, 2023 - 21:33

On the 20th anniversary of Edward Saïd's death

Edward Wadie Saïd was born in Jerusalem on 1 November 1935, during the British Mandate, and died in New York on 25 September 2003.  He was a noted academic, political activist, and literary critic, a tireless defender of the national rights of the Palestinian people.  His book Orientalism was one of the most influential academic texts of the 20th century.  He was also a renowned musician and pianist.

In 1947, Edward Saïd moved with his family to Cairo, where he was educated in English-speaking schools, leaving in 1951 for the United States to attend Northfield Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts.  He attended Princeton University, where he graduated in 1957, and Harvard University, where he obtained a master's degree in 1960 and a doctorate in 1964, specialising in English literature.

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Segunda, 25 Setembro, 2023 - 14:50

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