“A centelha vem do campo”: o Partido Comunista do Brasil, o maoismo e a luta revolucionária da década de 1950.

Resumo

The political trajectory of the Brazilian Communist Party (BCP) was vary outstanding  the 1950’s, consolidating a change in its policy line, directing the party to an armed struggle. The aim of this paper is to analyze the resonance of Maoist thought and the Chinese Revolution of 1949 in the Brazilian Communist Party, showing how the Brazilian communists tried disseminate and implement those theses in the country.