The Russian computer will not be on Avante!

On the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September, Quinta da Atalaia will host another edition of Festa do Avante! It is the largest event of the year promoted by PCP. The party on the South Bank will be attended, as was customary, by delegates from Communist parties from all over the world. From the Chinese or German Communist Party to the Brazilian Workers’ Party, passing through the Mozambique Liberation Front and the Vietnamese Communist Party.

However, there is no mention of the Russian Communist Party, as reported in the latest edition of the official party newspaper. Nascer do SOL wondered why there were no Russian counterparts on the guest list for this edition of Avante!, but no answer could be obtained by the time this edition closed.

The Communist Party of North Korea is also absent from this list, as is the ruling party in Venezuela, although the Solidarity Movement with the less-represented Bolivarian Venezuela will be present.

However, a delegation from the Portuguese Association of Friendship and Cooperation Iúri Gagarin, formerly known as Associação Portugal-USSR, is sure to be present at Festa do Avante! Social Facebook, for “to create and encourage, between the Portuguese people and the peoples of which the USSR was composed, mutual friendship and acquaintance, cultural, social and scientific exchange, for cooperation and peace”.

Solidarity movements and meetings across the country
“Solidarity between peoples and workers from all over the world is expressed in the international space where progressive organizations and parties from different countries meet and share their culture and struggles with the Portuguese people,” added the Communists on the dedicated site. straight ahead! In the international space where these representations of communist parties from all over the world will be included. “The various ‘moments of solidarity’ that occur during the festival allow us to discuss with the international guests the situation in their countries of origin. The Portuguese communists concluded that the struggle of every people is part of the larger struggle for progress and the liberation of humanity.”

Moments of solidarity that will take place across the country. On the fourth, for example, in Santarem, there will be a meeting dedicated to the topic of the free and sovereign Western Sahara, as in Coimbra, on the same day, there will be a symposium with the Solidarity Movement with Bolivarian Venezuela.