Portuguese protests continue to rage against housing crisis

Protesters flooding the streets (Blocodeesquerdaoficial/Facebook) Protests over Portugal’s housing crisis have been ongoing for over 30 days. The protesters have forced prime minister Luís Montenegro, of the right wing PSD party, to meet with their representatives this Friday. They have faced police violence with encampments and occupations being attacked and dismantled night after night. An encampment remains in Porto, while in Lisbon activists have shifted to mobile protests. Over 100 people were injured in Lisbon and Porto on 1 November, with 10 protestors sent to hospital after being hit with batons and chased by attack dogs. In Porto, two undercover cops hid in the crowd with the sole purpose of instigating violence in an attempt to justify a repressive response. When the housing protestors understood that these men were undercover instigators, they tried to isolate them from the rest of the crowd to avoid escalation.

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