National Issues

Dossier

2017

Communiqué by the Central Committee of the PCP, on September 17 and 18, 2016

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on September 17 and 18, 2016, analysed the national and international social and political situation and outlined objectives for its political intervention in the coming months.

Centennial of the October Revolution – Socialism, necessary today and for the future

The year 2017 marks the centennial of the October 1917 Socialist Revolution. The October Revolution is the major event in the historical process of emancipation of the exploited, the oppressed, the workers and the peoples, a process which has been marked by important revolutionary events from the days of primitive society, through slavery, feudalism and capitalism.

Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa - "Avante!" Festival Rally

At a time when we celebrate and hold the 40th “Avante!» Festival, to all of you – builders and participants – our fraternal greetings and a demonstration of our joy for your presence.

Greeting to the participants in the special Day of Work at the 40th Avante! Festival

Greetings to you all, to the builders, to those who organise, conceive and project, to those who disseminate the Avante! Festival, who sell EPs - Permanent Entry Tickets - and raise their militancy, and transform it into a unique human realisation, in a Festival of the Youth, in a Festival of April and its political, social, cultural, brotherly and internationalist solidarity values, where there is a place for all those who come in goodwill.

On the International Space - 40 Festivals of internationalist solidarity

The international dimension of the Avante! Festival has been over the years the most important activity of international scope carried out by the Party, on a regular and annual basis. The theme of this year's Avante! Festival is "Avante! Festival -40 years of internationalist solidarity."

Presentation of the 40th. «Avante!» Festival

"This is the 40th. Avante ! Festival, which takes place on September 2,3 and 4 at Atalaia, Amora, Seixal, 40 years after having started on this path, in 1976 at FIL, this path of a unique Festival, open to all, where music, art and culture are constantly present, a Festival of work and militancy made possible after the conquest of Democracy and Freedom."

On the ECOFIN decision and blackmail of the European Union against Portugal

The decision of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union (ECOFIN) to continue the "excessive deficit procedures" against Portugal constitutes an unacceptable attack on the rights and living conditions of the Portuguese people, an affront to national sovereignty, to democracy as enshrined in the Portuguese Constitution and the will of the Portuguese people.