Portuguese Maximalist Federation
The Portuguese Maximalist Federation (Portuguese: Federação Maximalista Portuguesa or FMP) was a revolutionary movement founded in 1918 in Portugal. It was inspired by the most radical factions involved in the Russian revolution of 1917.
Portuguese Maximalist Federation Federação Maximalista Portuguesa | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | FMP |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Dissolved | 1921 |
| Split from | Portuguese Socialist Party |
| Succeeded by | Portuguese Communist Party |
| Headquarters | Lisbon |
| Newspaper | Bandeira Vermelha |
| Ideology | Revolutionary socialism Anarcho-syndicalism |
| Colours | Red |
This organization, mostly composed by anarcho-syndicalists and revolutionary socialists led to the foundation of the Portuguese Communist Party.
The FMP started publishing the weekly Bandeira Vermelha (Red Flag), which quickly became a very popular newspaper among the Portuguese working classes.
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