Author: Raquel Varela

Raquel Varela is a Professor at the New University of Lisbon (FCSH). She is an historian and researcher in global labour history, and author of A People’s History of the Portuguese Revolution (Pluto Press).

Put the Social Back in Socialism /w Raquel Varela

Raquel Varela is a social and labour historian, researcher and Professor at New University of Lisbon. This is a short video-clip. The full length video is here.

Culture/Media, Social Movements • July 4, 2025 • Raquel Varela
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 »

Labour • May 4, 2025 • Raquel Varela
The Carnation Revolution of Portugal Today: The New Challenge from the Far-Right

In an unmistakable style in the form of a provocative lecture in Lisbon in 2024, at the age of 84 Father Martins Júnior asked: “50 years later, what irony! There … Keep reading »

International Relations • April 21, 2025 • Raquel Varela

Author: Raquel Varela

Put the Social Back in Socialism /w Raquel Varela

A Left Program for the Future of Labour

The Carnation Revolution of Portugal Today: The New Challenge from the Far-Right