For the immediate end of the criminal US blockade against Cuba
June 23, 2021
Today, June 23, the United Nations General Assembly will vote for the 29th. time a resolution calling for the end of the blockade imposed by the United States of America against the Republic of Cuba. The criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed 62 years ago by the US against Cuba and the Cuban people constitutes an unacceptable coercive measure against a sovereign State, adopted unilaterally and with an extraterritorial character, and which openly affronts the principles of the United Nations Charter and International Law.
The PCP and the emancipation of women – Centuries of struggle of the present and of the future
June 19, 2021
As Marx stated, with recognised accuracy, the degree of female emancipation is the natural measure of the degree of the universal emancipation. The remarkable advances in the condition and rights of women in the 20th century, in Portugal and in the world, are closely linked to political, social and civilisational development, an integral part of their struggle and the struggle of workers and peoples for the progressive transformation of society, and are in the wake of the many achievements made by this broader struggle.
The role of national production in promoting the country's development - The impacts of European Union policies
June 17, 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.
PCP condemns the warmongering plans of the NATO Summit
June 14, 2021
The NATO Summit that is taking place in Brussels today represents a new step in the dangerous strategy that aims to reinforce this political-military bloc as an instrument of interference and aggression at the world level, for the imposition of the hegemonic domination of the USA and other imperialist powers over the peoples of the world.
Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary of the PCP, Lisboa, Meeting with new members
«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.
Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary of the PCP, Baleizão, Beja, Tribute to Catarina Eufémia
«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.
Speech by , Assembly of the Republic
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".
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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.
Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa, Secretário-Geral, Vila Franca de Xira, 12th. Congress of the Portuguese Communist Youth
«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!
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Solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of Israeli violence
10 May 2021
The PCP strongly condemns the Israeli government's campaign of violence, joined by armed Israeli settlers, against the Palestinian population in Jerusalem, with the process of expelling Palestinians from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah and preventing the Palestinians from accessing the Al Aqsa Mosque.
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.
Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary of the PCP, Porto, Conference "Social rights and work with rights"
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.
Solidarity with the Colombian workers and people
6 May 2021
The PCP expressed its solidarity with the Colombian workers and people, addressing the Colombian Communist Party, the Patriotic March and the Comunes Party, which together with other Colombian social and political forces, are engaged in a very hard fight in defence of rights, interests and popular aspirations, with widespread mobilisations throughout Colombia, courageously facing the brutal repression of the Ivan Duque government.
