Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Committee

Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Committee (in Portuguese: Comité Marxista-Leninista Português) was an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party^[1] in Portugal. CM-LP was formed in March 1964 by a group led by Francisco Martins Rodrigues.^[2] Martins, who was a Central Committee Member of the Portuguese Communist Party, had split from PCP in January the same year. CM-LP was formed after the formation of the Popular Action Front, which existed parallel to CM-LP.^[2]CM-LP published Revolução Popular.

Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee Comité Marxista-Leninista Português
Abbreviation	CMLP
Founder	Francisco Martins Rodrigues
Founded	1964
Dissolved	1970
Succeeded by	PCP (M–L) OCMLP
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism
Political position	Far-left
Politics of Portugal Political parties Elections

In 1965 most of the leadership of CM-LP was imprisoned. In 1968 one section, representing most of the leadership that was not jailed, started the publication O Comunista. This group later merged into the Portuguese Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization (OCMLP).

In 1969 a second conference of another tendency is held inside Portugal, through the initiative of Eduíno Vilar. They started publishing Unidade Popular in March 1969. In 1970 they formed the Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist).

In 1975 the PUP retook the name CM-LP.

See also

• List of anti-revisionist groups