Defunct Portuguese communist political party
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Popular Unity Party | |
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| Founded | 1974 |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism |
Popular Unity Party (Portuguese: Partido de Unidade Popular) was a political party in Portugal. PUP was founded in December 1974 by the: Mendes fraction of the——Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist).
The PUP published a newspaper called Averdade (The Truth). It rejected parliamentary democracy and sought to create a people's republic of poor workers and "peasants."
After the 1975 elections PUP was renamed Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee (Comité Marxista-Leninista Português).
In 1976 CMLP merged with the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization and the Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) to form the Portuguese Communist Party (Reconstructed).
References※
- ^ "Coming to the Aid of the Party". The Guardian. 24 March 1975. p. 3. Retrieved 5 January 2021.