monlight on the internet

They are leaves of a yellow aged, with creases that accuse the handling excessive: the 558 paragraphs of Avante! That the CFP circulated in the underground, between 1931 and 1974, are available for consultation on the Internet at www.pcp.pt

The initiative, which marks the 87. Anniversary of the CFP, seeking to "an indispensable contribution for those who want to know what was the fascist dictatorship and long and heroic resistance of workers and of the Portuguese people." Are there many pieces of recent history filtered by the communist lens, as is natural in a body that proposed to combat the "republic burgueza" - anyway with a "z", as was rule in February 1931. The first issue came out on 15, with the appeal Workers of all paizes: uni -

You! Visible in the header. In the introductory words, workers are challenged to organise themselves in the fight against the Government of "clericalista" Salazar, identified as responsible for a censure "stupid, draconian and erratic."

Initially sold for 50 cents, the Avante! Was publishing illegally, assuming a monthly schedule only from 1940, under the leadership of Alvaro Cunhal. During the worker struggles of the 40, arrived to have a circulation of 10 thousand copies, according to the CFP.