Portuguese Maximalist Federation
Portuguese Maximalist Federation Federação Maximalista Portuguesa | |
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| Abbreviation | FMP |
| Founded | April 27, 1919 |
| Dissolved | March 6, 1921 |
| Split from | Portuguese Socialist Party |
| Succeeded by | Portuguese Communist Party |
| Headquarters | Lisbon |
| Newspaper | Bandeira Vermelha |
| Ideology | Revolutionary socialism Anarcho-syndicalism Maximalism |
| Colours | Red |
The Portuguese Maximalist Federation (
History
Towards the end of
One of the main figures of the organization was Manuel Ribeiro, director of the federation's weekly newspaper Bandeira Vermelha. At the beginning of the 20th century, revolutionary syndicalists were opposed to purist anarchism, and defended Georges Sorel's position that only the trade union held the capacity to achieve a revolution.[4] However, the Maximalists never failed to assert themselves as anarchists. For the maximalists the "proletarian army of conscientious men" was the only weapon against the bourgeoisie, one that could bring anarchism to operate in the masses and syndicalism to organize the economy.[5]
In issue number 2 of Red Flag, the maximalists launched a program for social reorganization, in which they outlined a future maximalist society. The first step to be taken would be the abolition of
On October 5, 1919, the FMP launched its weekly publication, the Bandeira Vermelha (Red Flag), a newspaper that became very popular with the Portuguese working classes, eventually reaching a circulation of 6,000 newspapers.[1] Although it is not possible to specify an exact number of militants in the federation, maximalist nuclei were found throughout much of the country:[1]
| Lisbon | Porto | Coimbra | Madeira | Faro | Viana do Castelo | Braga | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximalist Councils | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Communist Center | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Communist Groups | 3 | 1 |
After some time, members of the FMP began to feel the need for a "
References
- ^ a b c Pina, André (2018). The Portuguese Maximalist Federation and the sociogenesis of the Portuguese Communist Party (in Portuguese). Porto: Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto.
- ^ a b Pereira, José Pacheco (1981). "Contribution to the history of the Portuguese Communist Party in the First Republic (1921-26)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Social Analysis. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "How the Portuguese Communist Party was born". Portuguese Communist Party (in Portuguese). June 14, 2002. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2006.
- ^ Pereira, Joana (2011). Revolutionary Syndicalism: the story of an idea (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Kaleidoscope.
- ^ a b Pina, André (May 28, 2017). "The anarchists who founded the PCP" (in Portuguese). Praxis Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
