Posições Políticas
Closing Rally of the 25th "Avante!" Festival
8 September 2001
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Speaking during the rally of the 25th. "Avante!" Festival, we know perfectly well that even the most inspired words could never fairly express everything about the 25 years of this event and its meaning.
About the handover/extradition of Slobodan Milosevic
28 June 2001
1. It is with deep and firm indignation that the Portuguese Communist Party learnt of the forced handover/extradition of the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, to the ad hoc "International Criminal Court" at the Hague.
International Meeting “Communists and the trade union movement”
21 June 2001
Contribution of the PCP by Manuela Bernardino, 22-24 06 2001 Athens
To Strengthen, the Intervention and Organisation among the Working Class and the Workers
20 April 2001
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The strengthening of the intervention and organisation of the Party among the working class and the workers in general has been a central issue in all great accomplishments, guidelines and decisions, and reaffirmed in the 16th. Congress.
80th Anniversary of the PCP
9 March 2001
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Comrades and friends,
As it has and will go on happening in many different places throughout our country, here we are gathering, today in Lisbon to evoke, with repeated emotion and renewed pride, the 80 years of life and struggle of our Party, the Portuguese Communist Party.
The PCP condemns the bombing raids by the USA and Great-Britain against Iraq
19 February 2001
The Portuguese Communist Party firmly condemns the systematic bombing raids by the USA and Great-Britain against Iraq, in a clear violation of an independent State’s sovereignty and of International Law. It particularly condemns the bombing raids carried out on February 16th against the outskirts of Baghdad where numerous Iraqi citizens were injured.
To put an end to the portuguese military presence in the Balkans
10 January 2001
In view of the extraordinary seriousness of the issues raised by the death and illnesses among the Portuguese troops sent to the Balkans, the Portuguese Communist Party considers it necessary to pursue and intensify the protest actions against the unacceptable attitude of the Portuguese Government and against Portugal's submissive involvement in the aggressive policy of the US, of NATO and of impe
About the electoral results for the presidential elections
10 January 2001
I would like to begin by greeting all the members and sympathisers who from the very beginning associated with this candidacy and gave themselves to our campaign with enthusiasm or sent us words of incitement during its course. I would also like to greet the youth and, specially the JCP, for the enthusiasm and support given to us.
Motion - Solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian People
10 December 2000
The 16th Congress of the PCP warmly and fraternally greets the Palestinian people and their prolonged and heroic national liberation struggle, against Israeli occupation and brutal aggression, for their right to a fatherland, to self-determination and to peace.
In this long path to freedom, there are countless victims, to whose memory we pay tribute.
Motion - In defense of Peace
10 December 2000
Mankind is facing a gigantic challenge. Under the imperial baton of the US administration, the nuclear and space arms race and the globe's militarisation continue.