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Poster from Carnation Revolution depicting solidarity. Grande jornada popular de solidariedade com os trabalhadores alentejanos Pela reforma agrária Contra a reacção e o fascismo Com Álvaro Cunhal Estádio 1º de Maio, Sabado, 27, 15H Partido Comunista Português (PCP) Lisboa 27 de Setembro de 1975 Huge people’s day of solidarity with Alentejo workers For land reform Against reaction and fascism With Álvaro Cunhal May First Stadium, Saturday, 27 [month not given], 3 pm Portuguese Communist Party Lisbon 27 September 1975 The PCP was founded in 1921, but was outlawed throughout the dictatorship period 1926-1974. Álvaro Cunhal was already the de facto leader of the PCP when he was arrested by the Salazar regime in 1949. He escaped prison in 1960 and fled the country to exile in Moscow, where he was elected secretary-general of the PCP in 1961. He remained in exile until the Carnation Revolution made it possible for him to return to a hero’s welcome in Lisbon at the end of April 1974.
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