Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist–Leninist)
Communist Party of Portugal Partido Comunista de Portugal (Marxista-Leninista) | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| Dissolved | 1980 |
| Preceded by | Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee |
| Newspaper | People's Unit |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
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)'.
History
PCP(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)!)
In 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.
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.
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.
Vilar's party had close relations to the Chinese Communist Party. It led the Democratic Portugal-China Friendship Association (ADAP-C).
At the VIII congress of the Party in March 1980 it was decided to dissolve the PCP(m-l).[4]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Barreto da Costa, Pedro Manuel (November 2022). “Caem os Muros, Caem as Vontades?” - A reconfiguração da esquerda revolucionária em Portugal: o caso do Partido Comunista Português (Reconstruído) (1974-1995). Mestrado em História Moderna e Contemporânea (PDF). ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. p. 35. Retrieved 23 June 2025.