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1. Where did you find ProleWiki? I found Prolewiki on twitter
2. What current of Marxist thought do you uphold? Describe as thoroughly as needed your path toward your current political perspective. I am a Marxist-leninist that also values the experience of ex-socialist and socialist countries. My major influences are Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Álvaro Cunhal, Ho, Fidel, etc...
3. Have you read our principles? Comment your agreements or objections to their points. I have read your principles and point out that the security concerns are very valid, especially since the thread you showed about a supposed "hoxaist".
4. What is your understanding of gender? Should Marxists support the LGBT community? In all honesty, it's a discussion I avoid for some reasons being that I don't have much knowledge about the subject itself, but I think we should support the normalization snd acceptance without losing sight of our main focus on a Marxist analysis and class struggle.
5. What is your position on Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong? How would you describe their historical role? Share any comments or critiques you have regarding them. I think it's important that we deeply analyze their historical contributions and policies, always bearing in mind the reality in that time and without prejudice. Despite criticizing some of their decisions, like the sino-soviet split was one of the worst moments, for me, for the communist movement. But, overall, they were man of their time and ahead of their time, and in that moment they embodied the historical developments that were needed.
6. What are your thoughts on China, Vietnam, Cuba, DPRK and Laos? Do you believe any of these countries is socialist? Why or why not? I think they are socialists, even with their differences and specificities, and are all striving for a socialist society trying to deal with the difficulties of the current political situation in which the socialist camp is not as strong as it ought to be.
2. What subjects or topics you would like to contribute to ProleWiki? I would like to contribute to Prolewiki by translating some pages to Portuguese, which is my mother tongue, and hopefully, also bringing to an English-speaking audience some data about the Portuguese Communist Party, JCP, and antifascist resistance movement in Portugal during fascism and the revolution.
3. What are your thoughts on national liberation or the concept of land back (either one)? I agree fully with the national liberation movements for striving for the development of the people who are still in neocolonial and sometimes even colonial exploitation.
6. What in your opinion is the most pressing matter for communists in your country? Im Portugal I think the most important matter is the strengthening the labour unions movement and unionize and organize as much as we can, while also recruiting for the party and building a stronger collective in order to gain more ground.
7. What do you believe is the main difference between Marxism and other anti-capitalist movements? Marxism seeks to analyse scientifically the reality in which we live to transform it, many anti-capitalist movements while revolting against capitalism have no ideological tools to transform and fight it.
8. What is your analysis of the situation between Israel and Palestine? Publicly I defend the two-States solution for the sake of democratic centralism and having thoroughly discussed the matter internally, but I don't think Israel is a state.