Portuguese Communist Party

Partido Comunista Português, P.C.P.

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• Description of the Flag
• Presentation of P.C.P.
• Flag Variant
• Portuguese Communist Youth
• Union of Communist Students

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Description of the Flag

The flag is a red field with a big yellow sickle and hammer and star in the center and the full name of the party in yellow at the bottom.
Jorge Candeias, 3 Sep 1997

Presentation of P.C.P.

The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP - Partido Comunista Português) is a (even today) pro-soviet communist party, who is traditionally the 3rd political force in the country. It was founded in the early ’20ies and was the only party to fight our fascist regime in an organised manner from 1926 to 1974. Since then it has gone to every elections almost always in coalition with other smaller leftist parties. Except for the post-revolutionary provisional governments, never participated in the goverment.
Jorge Candeias, 3 Sep 1997

Flag Variant

Sometimes however, variant designs can be seen. Here is one, seen in use at a demonstation/celebration in Lisbon, on 25 April 2013, the Carnation Revolution 39th aniversary:
Source: this photo
Instead of the full name it conspicuously shows only the initialism "PCP" (no dots) below the central emblem, set in serifless wide spaced capitals aligned along a slight arc, not parallel to the flag edge; the star is at the upper hoist, well away of the emblem, and this shows considerable differences in the details of the hammer and the sickle, being both more stylised than on the official flag. António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 March 2024

Portuguese Communist Youth

Union of Communist Students

A Portuguese party flag of years 70s: is red with yellow star in center. In the canton of the fly are the yellow letters "u.e.c.".
Jaume Ollé, 28 Aug 1999

This is one of the communist youth organisations connected with the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP). The initials stand for União dos Estudantes Comunistas, that is, Union of Communist Students. Another organisation existed, the UJC, União das Juventudes Comunistas (Union of the Communist Youths), but in the beguinning of the 80ies, the two merged to form JCP, Juventude Comunista Portuguesa. I don't know what flag the UJC used, if any.
Jorge Candeias, 30 Aug 1999