A Left Program for the Future of Labour
Raquel Cardeira Varela obtained her PhD in Political and Institutional History at ISCTE, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in 2010. She is a social and labour historian, researcher and Professor at … Watch video »
Raquel Cardeira Varela obtained her PhD in Political and Institutional History at ISCTE, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in 2010. She is a social and labour historian, researcher and Professor at New University of Lisbon, and Honorary Fellow at the International Institute for Social History.
She is the author of People’s History of the Portuguese Revolution, A People’s History of Europe From World War I to Today, among more than 40 books written and/or coordinated. In her numerous books and 60+ articles, she has written about labour and everyday life, internationalism, education and emancipation, and living conditions under capitalism.
“The Carnation Revolution of Portugal Today.”
0:00 Raju Das introductions
6:55 Raquel Varela
38:46 Greg Albo (discussant)
52:10 Q+A
The talk was organized by Marxist Studies from Asian and International Perspectives (MSGAP), the Socialist Register, and Associação Cultural 25 de Abril (Toronto). Recorded at York University, Toronto, 24 April 2025.
