Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee
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Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee (in Portuguese
: Comité Marxista-Leninista Português) was a communist organization in Portugal
. CM-LP was formed in March 1964 by a group led by Francisco Martins Rodrigues
. Martins, who was a Central Committee Member of the Portuguese Communist Party
, had split from PCP in January the same year. CM-LP was formed after the formation of the Popular Action Front, which existed parallel to CM-LP.
CM-LP published Revolução Popular.
In 1965 most of the leadership of CM-LP was imprisoned. A committee in the exterior holds a conference in 1967.
In 1968 one section, representing most of the leadership that wasn't jailed, starts the publication O Comunista. This group later merges into the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization
(OCMLP).
In 1969 a second conference of another tendency is held inside Portugal, through the initiative of Eduíno Vilar. They start publishing Unidade Popular in March 1969. In 1970 they form the Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist)
.
In 1975 the PUP
retook the name CM-LP.
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...
: Comité Marxista-Leninista Português) was a communist organization 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...
. CM-LP was formed in March 1964 by a group 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...
. Martins, who was a Central Committee Member of the Portuguese Communist Party
Portuguese Communist Party
The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist....
, had split from PCP in January the same year. CM-LP was formed after the formation of the Popular Action Front, which existed parallel to CM-LP.
CM-LP published Revolução Popular.
In 1965 most of the leadership of CM-LP was imprisoned. A committee in the exterior holds a conference in 1967.
In 1968 one section, representing most of the leadership that wasn't jailed, starts the publication O Comunista. This group later merges into 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).
In 1969 a second conference of another tendency is held inside Portugal, through the initiative of Eduíno Vilar. They start publishing Unidade Popular in March 1969. In 1970 they form the Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of Portugal was a political party in Portugal. Also known as the 'Mendes faction of PCP'.PCP was founded in 1970. It published Unidade Popular....
.
In 1975 the PUP
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 ....
retook the name CM-LP.