Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)
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Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (in Portuguese
: Organização para a Reconstrução do Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista)) was a communist group in Portugal
led by Francisco Martins Rodrigues
. ORPC(ML) was formed in 1975.
ORPC(ML) published Causa Operária.
In 1976 ORPC(ML) merged with the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization
(OCMLP) and the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee
(CMLP, former PUP) to form the Portuguese Communist Party (Reconstructed) (PCP(R)).
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
: Organização para a Reconstrução do Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista)) was a communist group in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
led by Francisco Martins Rodrigues
Francisco Martins Rodrigues
Francisco Martins Rodrigues was a Portuguese anti-Fascist resistant and the founder of the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee in 1964, which was one of the country's first major Marxist-Leninist organizations. Rodrigues was imprisoned numerous times by the PIDE, including a long prison term...
. ORPC(ML) was formed in 1975.
ORPC(ML) published Causa Operária.
In 1976 ORPC(ML) merged with the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization
Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization
The Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization was a Portuguese far-left political party, founded in 1973 after the merger between two minor communist grouping, the group around the journal O Comunista and O Grito do Povo The Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization (in...
(OCMLP) and the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee
Popular Unity Party (Portugal)
Popular Unity Party was a political party in Portugal. PUP was founded in December 1974 by the Mendes fraction of the Communist Party of Portugal ....
(CMLP, former PUP) to form the Portuguese Communist Party (Reconstructed) (PCP(R)).