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“Freedom for real”: what has changed in “peace, bread, housing, health and education”

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50 years of April 25th

Great Report

There were a handful of emergencies to be resolved in the post-dictatorship period in Portugal and the last 50 years have brought new challenges. A journey between then and now, where we continue to fight but without fear of speaking out loud, in the Great Report “Liberty Seriously”.

Fifty years after the Revolution, child labor ended, the minimum wage was created, workers gained rights, we are part of a united Europe and GDP per capita is three times higher, but we continue to demand “peace, bread, housing, health and education”.

Contrary to what he always does, Sérgio Godinho started with the lyrics when he wrote the song “Liberdade”, in 1974, inspired by one of the many graffiti that was on the walls of Lisbon.

Housing was one of the priorities of 25 April: put an end to the miserable houses where so many Portuguese lived. Rehousing programs have advanced at different paces, precarious housing almost does not exist, the problem with housing is now different.

After the Revolution, even before the creation of the National Health Service, where today everyone is served, doctors went to the province and sewage and running water greatly improved the lives and health of the Portuguese. With the evolution of medicine, we live beyond 80 years of age. But it’s one thing to live long, it’s another to live well.

On education, the single book is over, schooling has increasedHigher Education is not exclusive to the class, thought is free, the teacher continues to be a master, but is in struggle.

The Revolution was made to end oppression and a war that took young people and kept us poor. Today, young people know what dictatorships are because dictatorships have not disappeared, war is in Europe and the return of compulsory military service is being discussed.

The article is in Portuguese

Portugal

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