Brazilian Communist Party
Brazilian Communist Party | |
|---|---|
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| Secretary-General | Edmilson Costa |
| Registered | 21 |
| Preceded by | CP-BSCI (claimed) |
| Think tank | Fundação Dinarco Reis |
| Ideology | Marxism-Leninism |
| Website | |
| pcb | |
The Brazilian Communist Party ( Brazilian Communist Party in portuguese ) is a Brazilian political party of the extreme left.The BCP believe in the class struggle, in the organization of the proletariat[1] and in the study of works by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.[2][3] The party, like the PCdoB, claims to be the continuation of the Communist Party - Brazilian Section of the Communist International.[4] Since 1927, the PCB's youth wing has been organized into the Communist Youth Union (BCP) (UJC on portuguese).[5]
The symbol of the BCP, it's the crossed hammer and sickle under the legend Brazilian Communist Party. The electoral code number of the Brazilian Communist Party is 21 and its current Secretary General is Edmilson Costa. Currently the party has 12,117 affiliated members. Only registered members are allowed to run for public office.[6]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Manual de Organização Partidária: Comitê Central do Partido Comunista Brasileiro" (PDF).
- ↑ José Paulo Netto. "Elementos para uma Leitura Crítica do Manifesto Comunista" (PDF).
- ↑ "Resoluções do XIV Congresso do PCB - A Estratégia e a Tática da Revolução Socialista no Brasil" (PDF).
- ↑ PCB (26 March 2009). "As diferenças entre PCB e PCdoB". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "A Ação da Juventude Comunista no Movimento Estudantil Universitário Brasileiro entre as Décadas de 1920 e 1960" (PDF).
- ↑ "Manual de organização partidária". Partido Comunista Brasileiro. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019.