Communist Party (Reconstructed)
Communist Party , initially known as Portuguese Communist Party , was a political party in Portugal.History
PCP was founded at a unitary congress in December 1975, through the fusion of the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization, the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee and the Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party.
PCP held its second congress in 1977.
After the break between China and Albania, PCP sided with the Albanian Party of Labour. The Communist Party of Brazil had a strong influence over PCP.
PC published Bandeira Vermelha.
The youth league of PCP/PC was the Revolutionary Young Communist League.
In 1992 PC was renamed Communists for Democracy and Progress. In 1995 CDP merged into the People's Democratic Union.
