Jones Manoel is a Brazilian Marxist-Leninist and PCBR militant. Born in Pernambuco, Brazil, he began his militancy in the community of Borborema, a favela where he was born and grew up, helping establish popular educative courses called Novo Caminho ("New Way"). Jones Manoel, along with his two friends, were the first young people in Borborema's history to enter a public university. After two years with the popular classes, he became a militant in the student movement, in parallel to his History graduation course at the Federal University of Pernambuco. Shortly after, he joined the ranks of PCB's youth-wing, UJC. Active in the student movement until 2016, currently he works in the union movement and in popular education.