National Issues
«There is no solution to national problems without a reversal of the policy of abandoning national production»
17 June 2021
I would like to start by thanking you for your presence as well as valuing the set of interventions made here on a central issue for the country's development, for the well-being of the Portuguese people, for the future of Portugal as a sovereign nation – the defence and development of national production.
«Joining the PCP is an essential choice for those who want to fight consequently for a fairer society and world»
26 May 2021
I would like to welcome and thank you for your participation in this meeting with new members of the Portuguese Communist Party.
Your choice to join the Portuguese Communist Party marks the difference and the necessary path at the beginning of the third decade of the 21st. century.
Joining the PCP is an essential choice for all those affected by politics at the service of big capital and want to fight consequently for a fairer society and world.
«Catarina Eufémia is a symbol of the struggle of our people and of the combative agricultural proletariat of Alentejo for bread and freedom»
23 May 2021
We are here to pay tribute to Catarina Eufémia, in this year of the 100 years of the foundation of the Portuguese Communist Party, the Party of Catarina. This Party that has a unique history in the framework of Portuguese parties. The story of a Party that has always been at the forefront of the struggle of the workers and of our people. That took the lead in all combats against exploitation, oppression and inequality. That never bowed to the repression. That never faltered or surrendered.
Defend rights to respond to workers' problems
19 May 2021
A day that began at the gates of hundreds of companies, in contact with thousands of workers and that ended in Parliament. Precariousness, low wages, deregulation of working hours, blackmail by employers, in a word: the exploitation of workers in Portugal was echoed in the Assembly of the Republic by the voice of communist MPs. The denunciation was coupled by the concrete proposal for the resumption and achievement of rights (of decent wages, decent hours, fight against precariousness and "low-cost" dismissals) but also by a direct call to continue on the streets, for struggle, company by company, sector by sector, right by right, working time by working time: "let no one disarm in the battle for the right to work with rights".
Solidarity with Palestine - End to aggression, end to occupation
17 May 2021
Solidarity actions «Solidarity with Palestine – End to aggression, end to occupation» carried out in Lisbon, Porto and Évora were promoted by the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (MPPM) and General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP-IN).
A delegation from the PCP, headed by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary of the PCP, was present at the concentration held in Lisbon.
«We can count on the Young Communists to affirm that the communist ideal has a future and that the Future has a Party»
16 May 2021
What a beautiful congress that the Portuguese Communist Youth held in these two days! A rich debate and knowledge of reality! Connection to the concerns, interests and aspirations of the Youth! A live debate, driven by the interest to look further, to seek the right solutions to the problems and the ways to get there!
Demonstration promoted by CGTP-IN «For a Europe of workers and peoples - Affirming sovereignty», Porto
8 May 2021
On May 8, the day when the so-called European Union Social Summit was held, thousands of workers of all ages and from various parts of the country demonstrated in the city of Porto, making heard the voice that was absent at the Summit.
Conference "Social rights and work with rights"
7 May 2021
I welcome the participants in this Conference on «Social Rights and Work with Rights», as well as all those who, denouncing the problems facing the workers and the people and pointing out solutions to ensure their rights and aspirations, are carrying out throughout this week, the Journeys "In defence of employment and workers' rights, against exploitation - No to the impositions of the European Union", with dozens of initiatives - conferences, hearings, meetings and visits - in the districts of Braga, Bragança, Lisbon, Porto, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real.
Campaign «Employment and workers' rights, against exploitation»
30 April 2021
A call to the workers
The epidemic and its effects have been used by big capital to worsen exploitation and use public resources to guarantee profits and distribute dividends, promote dismissals, unemployment, poverty and inequality, jeopardise rights and working conditions and limit political and trade union rights.
It does not have to be like this! It cannot be like this!
The PS government policy and its options, convergences and concessions to big capital, to PSD, CDS and their surrogates Chega and Iniciativa Liberal will not do.
Valorisation of wages and creation of jobs must be a priority of the country's economic policy
27 April 2021
We are holding our initiative as part of the PCP’s campaign on “Employment and workers' rights, against exploitation” under the theme “Valorise wages, defend employment”, two days after the 47th.