Revolutionary Movement 8th October
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The Movimento Revolucionário 8 de Outubro (Portuguese for Revolutionary Movement 8th October) is a left-wing Brazilian political movement, formerly an urban guerrilla faction. During the military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985), MR-8 was formed by people that disagreed the way that PCB (Partido Comunista Brasileiro - Brazilian Communist Party) faced the military government (PCB decided not to take part on the armed resistance and try to fight institutionally by the democracy in Brazil). MR-8 was the organizing and acting force behind the kidnapping of US ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick in 1969, the basis of the film Four Days in September.
MR-8 was divided various times, with each subfaction following a distinct political tendency. After restoration of civilian rule and democracy, in 1985, the group was reorganized within the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, a centrist political party. In Brazilian politics MR-8 is a bit of an oddity, being a hardline communist group operating within a centrist political party.
MR-8 has maintained a high international profile, and developed close relations with the government of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.[1]
MR8 publishes a twice-weekly newspaper titled Hora do Povo.
