Brazilian Communist Party

Brazilian Communist Party Partido Comunista Brasileiro
Abbreviation	PCB
General Secretary	Edmilson Costa
Founded	1922
Newspaper	O poder popular
Think tank	Fundação Dinarco Reis
Youth wing	Communist Youth Union
Women's wing	Classist Feminist Collective Ana Montenegro
Website
https://pcb.org.br

The Brazilian Communist Party (PCB, Partido Comunista Brasileiro) is a Brazilian political party that defines itself as a party of militants and revolutionary cadres that are formed in the class struggle, in the organization of the proletariat, and in the study of the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Its theoretical basis for practical action is Marxism-Leninism, which is based on the principles developed by Vladimir Lenin.

Its symbol, according to its statutes, "is a sickle and a hammer, crossed, symbolizing the worker-peasant alliance, under which the legend 'Brazilian Communist Party' is written". Its electoral code number is 21. In October 2020 the PCB had 12,754 affiliates according to the Supreme Electoral Court , however, the vast majority of their militants are not officially registered.

History

Dissolution of the old party and reconstruction period. (1992 — 2001)

After the fall of the Brazilian military dictatorship, a group led by Roberto Freire which held a majority within the party leadership of the former PCB, declared the extinction of the party, and the creation, in its place, of the Popular Socialist Party (PSP/PPS).

The convention, considered controversial, ended up being recognized by the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil. Older members classified the action of the group linked to its then president, Roberto Freire, as a coup, and decided to launch a founding notice for a new party, which would then use the name of the now defunct association: Brazilian Communist Party .

The PCB today (2002 —)

With the rise of widespread reactionary rethoric in Brazil, the entire left spectrum faces a new challenge. In more recent years, when it became clear that the right would completely win over electoral politics, the PCB held its 15th National Congress in São Paulo , in which it discussed the need to build a broad anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist front, in addition to taking stock and prospects of the process revolutionary reconstruction of the PCB. The prospects of alliance were exemplified when, in 2018, the PCB created a coallition with the PSOL (which in of itself is already a union of smaller sects of the left) for the 2018 general elections in Brazil.

The PCB has recently bolstered its propaganda efforts, investing into its current publication, People's power (O poder popular), since 2018. The PCB has never been successful in electoral politics and are most likely to lose their only city council member in the 2020 mayoral elections. Over the years, their focus has shifted to militant work and social work towards desperate communities in Brazil.

Congresses

External sources

http://www.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-tematico/partido-comunista-brasileiro-pcb Template:External links