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Portugal’s Communists know how to party—and how to govern
March 10, 2021On their 100th anniversary, Portugal’s Communists are still showing that to be “for the people,” you’ve got to be “with the people.”
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Álvaro Cunhal’s prison novel ‘The Six-Pointed Star’—A chat with the translator
February 26, 2021The English translator of the latest Cunhal/Tiago novel shares the background to this epic story of life behind bars in fascist Portugal.
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‘Five Days, Five Nights’: Flight to freedom from fascist Portugal
September 16, 2020Álvaro Cunhal had a little secret. It was a good thing that he did.
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Portugal mourns death of leading cultural worker Fernanda Lapa
August 11, 2020Fernanda Lapa was a leading light of the stage and the activist scene.
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Portugal’s right wing suffers defeat in Oct. 6 elections
October 7, 2019To form a government, Socialist victors must talk to Communists and the Left.
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