The Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist–Leninist) (Portuguese: Partido Comunista de Portugal (Marxista-Leninista)) was an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in Portugal. Also known as the 'Mendes faction of PCP(M-L)'.
Communist Party of Portugal Partido Comunista de Portugal (Marxista-Leninista) | |
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| Founded | 1970 |
| Preceded by | Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee |
| Newspaper | People's Unit |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
History
editPCP(M-L) was founded in 1970.[1] It published Unidade Popular.[2] In May 1974 Eduíno Vilar (real name Heduíno Gomes) was expelled. He set up his own PCP(m-l). Like the main PCP(M-L), Vilar's PCP(M-L) had a publication titled Unidade Popular. In 1974 a splinter group broke away from the party, forming the Popular Unity Party. At the time of the 1976 elections PCP(M-L) launched the slogan "For Independence, For Democracy, For Social Progress! - Vote for the lists presented by PCP(m-l)!" (Pela independência pela democracia, pelo progresso social! - vota nas listas apresentadas pelo PCP (m-l)!)[citation needed]
1974
editIn May 1974 the general secretary of the Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist–Leninist) (in Portuguese: Partido Comunista de Portugal (Marxista-Leninista)) was expelled, forming his own similarly-named party. Like the other PCP(M-L), Vilar's PCP(M-L) had a publication titled Unidade Popular.[citation needed]
PCP(M-L) claimed that after the Carnation Revolution, the main threat to Portugal came from social fascism (represented through PCP leader Álvaro Cunhal) and Soviet social imperialism. The party supported the Socialist Party against PCP.[citation needed]
On November 17, 1974, Vilar's party launched the Worker-Peasant Alliance (AOC).[3] The party took part in elections through AOC, since the name PCP(M-L) was taken by their adversaries.[citation needed]
Vilar's party had close relations to the Chinese Communist Party.[citation needed] It led the Democratic Portugal-China Friendship Association (ADAP-C).[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cronologia | Extrema Esquerda | RTP". Extrema Esquerda (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Accornero, Guya (1 April 2016). The Revolution before the Revolution: Late Authoritarianism and Student Protest in Portugal. Berghahn Books. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-78533-115-2. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Partidos e movimentos políticos em Portugal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Sociedade de Estudos e Publicações. 1975. p. 130. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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