On this edition of Art in Action, for the October 2025 edition, we hear from cultural curator Miguel Ribeiro who works at the Casa do Comum do Bairro Alto in Lisbon, Portugal, speaks on the role that alternative nightlife spaces and cultural venues plays in developing both critical thinking and the social context for the emergence of progressive social movements. Miguel also speaks on the role that a space like Casa do Comum plays in lifting up alternative cultural voices and marginalized experiences within a key European city, Lisbon. Finally Miguel offers some reflections on the ways that gentrification and the housing crisis in Lisbon impacts the cultural sphere. Thank you to cultural curator Jule Kurbjeweit for helping to facilitate this connection. Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on: Radio AlHara, Palestine On the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am eastern time (radioalhara.net) CKUT 90.3 FM, Montréal On the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca) CJLO 1690 AM, Montreal On the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)